Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 13:44:53 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Robert Davison <rob_27_preston@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: showing hidden files by default Message-ID: <44mzdov4kq.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20060511172030.81600.qmail@web25006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> (Robert Davison's message of "Thu, 11 May 2006 18:20:30 %2B0100 (BST)") References: <20060511172030.81600.qmail@web25006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
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Robert Davison <rob_27_preston@yahoo.co.uk> writes: > 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: see the entry for the "-A" option in the ls(1) manual.
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