Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:22:20 -0600 From: Joshua Lokken <joshua.lokken@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: gnu/75662: PR: less -f behavior contradicts man page Message-ID: <bc5b6385041230082227102911@mail.gmail.com> Resent-Message-ID: <200412301630.iBUGUXIq080515@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 75662
>Category: gnu
>Synopsis: less -f behavior contradicts man page
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Dec 30 16:30:32 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Network Administrator
>Release: FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD kenny.okken.local 4.11-STABLE FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE #0:
Wed Dec 29 18:08:45 CST 2004 root@:/usr/obj/data/src/sys/KENNY i386
>Description:
The man page for less(1) says:
-f or --force
Forces non-regular files to be opened. (A non-regular file is a
directory or a device special file.) Also suppresses the warn-
ing message when a binary file is opened. By default, less will
refuse to open non-regular files.
However, if passed the -f or --force flags, less does not open a
directory.
>How-To-Repeat:
# less -f <directory_name>
<directory_name> is a directory
# less --force <directory_name>
<directory_name> is a directory
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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