From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Apr 11 6:53:24 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from axl.ops.uunet.co.za (axl.ops.uunet.co.za [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2420537B7E0 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 06:53:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.ops.uunet.co.za) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.ops.uunet.co.za) by axl.ops.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.13 #1) id 12f16P-0002Er-00; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 15:53:13 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Alexander Langer Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/17924: ld -lF bug In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 11 Apr 2000 15:24:11 +0200." <20000411152411.A7193@cichlids.cichlids.com> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 15:53:13 +0200 Message-ID: <8608.955461193@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 15:24:11 +0200, Alexander Langer wrote: > What I really wonder is is the difference between ls -ldF Mail and > Mail/ then. > > The manpage says, it adds an /, but if this / is already there, why > should it add one more? -F Display a slash (/) immediately after each pathname that is a directory, [...] You specified a directory name ending in a slash. The trailing slash in a directory name is legal. The ls(1) utility takes this legal representation of the directory's name and adds a slash to indicate that it's a directory. It's logical in a pleasantly twisted sort of way. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message