Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:10:19 GMT From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/96191: "cat" can display directory contents Message-ID: <200604230910.k3N9AJt8037388@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/96191; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Bjoern Voigt <bjoern@cs.tu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/96191: "cat" can display directory contents Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 11:05:13 +0200 In message <200604230850.k3N8oWre066807@www.freebsd.org>, Bjoern Voigt writes: >The FreeBSD's version of "cat" is able to display directory contains: > >$ cat /etc >(garbage) In UNIX a file is a file is a file. But also, directories, pipes and devices are files. And as such cat(1) works on them, as it should. This is not a bug. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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