From owner-freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 20 18:08:31 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-standards@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 181E316A4CE for ; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 18:08:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mta07-svc.ntlworld.com (mta07-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.47]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B01143D1F for ; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 18:08:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scott@fishballoon.org) Received: from llama.fishballoon.org ([81.104.195.124]) by mta07-svc.ntlworld.comESMTP <20040620180844.LCNB5696.mta07-svc.ntlworld.com@llama.fishballoon.org> for ; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 19:08:44 +0100 Received: from tuatara.fishballoon.org ([192.168.1.6]) by llama.fishballoon.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34 (FreeBSD)) id 1Bc6k1-000P3w-RF for freebsd-standards@freebsd.org; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 19:08:29 +0100 Received: (from scott@localhost) by tuatara.fishballoon.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i5KI8T9p076757 for freebsd-standards@freebsd.org; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 19:08:29 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from scott) Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 19:08:29 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell To: freebsd-standards@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040620180829.GJ462@tuatara.fishballoon.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.10-PRERELEASE i386 Subject: /bin/ls -t and nanoseconds X-BeenThere: freebsd-standards@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Standards compliance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 18:08:31 -0000 Hello standards gurus, With regard to this thread on -hackers: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2004-June/007278.html Does POSIX have anything to say about whether or not '/bin/ls -t' should pay attention to the nanoseconds part of the file timestamps? It doesn't right now, and my feeling is that if it did, we'd want some option to display the nanos, so you could see how a particular sort order was arrived at. The free online version of IEEE Std 1003.1 is silent on this matter (it also doesn't mention our -T option), but I guess you guys have access to more documentation than I do? Cheers, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott at fishballoon.org | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon