Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 10:47:55 -0700 From: "Atom Powers" <atom.powers@gmail.com> To: "Robert Davison" <rob_27_preston@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: showing hidden files by default Message-ID: <df9ac37c0605111047l63cb4b0bm2a2907467816526a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060511172030.81600.qmail@web25006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> References: <20060511172030.81600.qmail@web25006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
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On 5/11/06, Robert Davison <rob_27_preston@yahoo.co.uk> 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 > This is normal for root. But check the release notes, the "-I" switch was added to ls to suppress the default "-A" for root. --=20 -- Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. --Atom Powers--
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