From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 3 19:22:23 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA14532 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 19:22:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from guepardo.vicosa.com.br (guepardo.tdnet.com.br [200.236.148.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA14519 for ; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 19:22:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grios@netshell.vicosa.com.br) Received: from netshell.vicosa.com.br [200.236.148.198] by guepardo.vicosa.com.br with ESMTP (SMTPD32-4.03) id A589199900E0; Mon, 04 Jan 1999 00:29:13 +03d00 Message-ID: <368FE58F.B5AE8FF8@netshell.vicosa.com.br> Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 19:47:59 -0200 From: Gustavo Vieira G C Rios X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Kobussen CC: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: hidden files References: <368FD4FF.EB9B8D81@netshell.vicosa.com.br> <368FDE8D.19042659@iname.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG So, how to disable "-a" option ? I would like to see hidden files only when i pass "-a" option to "ls"! thanks. Mark Kobussen wrote: > > > Hi, when i "ls -l" any dir (only when i am root user) all my hidden > > files are shown!! How can i change this ? > > Why, that's one of the fine joys of being 'root'! Why wouldn't you want > to be able to see all the hidden files? Although, I must say, I'm a > FreeBSD newbie, so there may be a way. But, as far as I know, the '-a' > option (which shows hidden files) is ALWAYS active when you are logged > in as root. > > -- > Mark Kobussen > IS - Honeywell, SGP Division > mkobusse@sgp.honeywell.com > skjellyfetti@iname.com > ICQ#11860734 > > /* '94 Mitsubishi Eclipse NT 1.8L */ > /* Fender Stratocaster: Tex-Mex, 3-Tone Sunburst */ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ " ... Overall we've found FreeBSD to excel in performace, stability, technical support, and of course price. Two years after discovering FreeBSD, we have yet to find a reason why we switch to anything else" -David Filo, Yahoo! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message