Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 18:48:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@Kithrup.COM> To: roberte@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de Cc: bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/4558: ls -d does not sort directories as plain files Message-ID: <199709170148.SAA06961@kithrup.com> In-Reply-To: <199709162318.BAA19822.kithrup.freebsd.bugs@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
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># cd to_an_empty_test_directory ># touch a c ># mkdir b ># ls -l >total 1 >-rw-rw-r-- 1 roberte work 0 17 Sep 00:58 a >drwxrwxr-x 2 roberte work 512 17 Sep 00:58 b >-rw-rw-r-- 1 roberte work 0 17 Sep 00:58 c ># ls -ld * >-rw-rw-r-- 1 roberte work 0 17 Sep 00:58 a >-rw-rw-r-- 1 roberte work 0 17 Sep 00:58 c >drwxrwxr-x 2 roberte work 512 17 Sep 00:58 b I think I've figured out what's going on here; I've asked keith bostic for confirmation. In the meanwhile, I've got this patch, which seems to do the trick. (I don't think it's *quite* right, though.) *** ls.c.~1~ Tue Aug 27 14:51:48 1996 --- ls.c Tue Sep 16 18:34:56 1997 *************** *** 519,525 **** if ((*a)->fts_level == FTS_ROOTLEVEL) if (a_info == FTS_D) return (1); ! else if (b_info == FTS_D) return (-1); else return (sortfcn(*a, *b)); --- 519,525 ---- if ((*a)->fts_level == FTS_ROOTLEVEL) if (a_info == FTS_D) return (1); ! else if (b_info == FTS_D && !f_listdir) return (-1); else return (sortfcn(*a, *b));
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