Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 12:44:36 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Robert Davison <rob_27_preston@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: showing hidden files by default Message-ID: <44637804.6070501@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20060511172030.81600.qmail@web25006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> References: <20060511172030.81600.qmail@web25006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
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Robert Davison wrote:
> I've been running 6.1 RC-1 for a couple of weeks with
> no problem. I've just installed a fresh copy of 6.1
> roduction and when logging in as root am able to see
> (.)hidden files when running the 'ls' command. Is this
> normal, or is there something that I need to change to
> ensuer that the (.) files stay hidden unless i use ls -a
>
>
>
It's normal. From ls(1):
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The following options are available:
-A List all entries except for . and ...
Automatically set for the super-user unless -I is specified.
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Kevin Kinsey
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