Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 22:36:11 +0200 From: Dimitry Andric <dim@xs4all.nl> To: Fritz Heinrichmeyer <fritz.heinrichmeyer@fernuni-hagen.de> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ls -c does not work Message-ID: <5148812478.20010806223611@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <3B6E8610.7020108@fernuni-hagen.de> References: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0108061142450.730-100000@avatar.casantos.org> <3B6E8610.7020108@fernuni-hagen.de>
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On 2001-08-06 at 13:57:04 Fritz Heinrichmeyer wrote:
FH> ls -c does not sort for status update times, like the man page
FH> describes. The gnu ls works as i expect.
It turns out that GNU ls implies the sorting from the -c option, but
FreeBSD's ls doesn't. So you need to also use the -t option for the
sorting to be done at all (or the -r option for reverse sorting):
ls -ct
Instead of only
ls -c
However, I agree with you that this doesn't seem to be explained
explicitly in the manpage. That says for -c:
-c Use time when file status was last changed for sorting or print-
ing.
while it says for -u:
-u Use time of last access, instead of last modification of the file
for sorting (-t) or printing (-l).
A suggestion could be to change the documentation for the -c option to
read:
-c Use time when file status was last changed for sorting (-t) or
printing (-l).
Or maybe even add an explicit comment that -c or -u by themselves do
NOT imply sorting.
Btw, does anybody know what POSIX says about this matter?
Cheers,
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Dimitry Andric <dim@xs4all.nl>
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