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Date:      Thu, 18 Jan 2001 03:20:08 -0800 (PST)
From:      David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: misc/24424: linux-programms under BSD cannot display all files in the directory
Message-ID:  <200101181120.f0IBK8f17406@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR misc/24424; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
To: malte.sackmann@physik.uni-bremen.de
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: misc/24424: linux-programms under BSD cannot display all files in the directory
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:15:59 +0000

 On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 01:51:01AM -0800, malte.sackmann@physik.uni-bremen.de wrote:
 > Install a linux binary and open for example "/etc/*". 
 > You will not see all existent files in that directory.
 > You will see always the same randomly chosen 8 files.
 
 You are probably seeing the contents of /compat/linux/etc because
 programs run under Linux compatability look for a version of the
 file/directory under /compat/linux before they look starting at /.
 
 	David.
 


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