From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 13 1: 6: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8C5F37B401 for ; Sun, 13 Oct 2002 01:06:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.thundernet.cz (mail.thundernet.cz [62.77.87.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 45B4443E6E for ; Sun, 13 Oct 2002 01:06:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: (qmail 19866 invoked from network); 13 Oct 2002 08:05:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO freepuppy.bellavista.cz) (62.168.44.50) by mail.thundernet.cz with SMTP; 13 Oct 2002 08:05:55 -0000 Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 2A2022FDAB2; Sun, 13 Oct 2002 10:05:53 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 10:05:52 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser To: DiaDems@Datasync.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ls shows several spaces between directories Message-ID: <20021013080552.GI364@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: DiaDems@Datasync.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200210130633.g9D6X3m28254@mx.datasync.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200210130633.g9D6X3m28254@mx.datasync.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG please keep the line length below 75 characters. # DiaDems@Datasync.com / 2002-10-13 01:33:03 -0500: > Not sure if this is a problem or not. Anytime I do 'ls' I see > sometimes two or more spaces between directories. like this? roman@freepuppy ~ 1004:0 > /bin/ls / COPYRIGHT dist kernel.GENERIC opt tmp bin etc kernel.old proc usr boot floppy mnt root var cdrom home modules sbin web compat ishtar modules.old stand winnt dev kernel n sys it's just a formatted output. or would you prefer it this way? roman@freepuppy ~ 1004:0 > /bin/ls / COPYRIGHT dist kernel.GENERIC opt tmp bin etc kernel.old proc usr boot floppy mnt root var cdrom home modules sbin web compat ishtar modules.old stand winnt dev kernel n sys > When I do 'cd ' my 'pwd' becomes '/root'. In other words it seems > these spaces are the root folder. Is it normal to see this in every > directory? wrong. cd without arguments takes you to your home. type man `basename $SHELL` to learn more about the way it operates. -- begin 666 nonexistent.vbs FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE 9:57AM up 12:27, 8 users, load averages: 0.10, 0.11, 0.08 end To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message