Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 11:57:31 -0800 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> To: Jonathan Perkin <sketchy@netcraft.com> Cc: libh@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Making the Packages System Better Message-ID: <3A0318AB.A0417517@acm.org> References: <20001103143503.B94079@netcraft.com>
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Jonathan Perkin wrote: > ... I side with DES in that the symlinks get annoying after a while > - basic stuff like viewing file permissions is impractical as you > have to follow symlinks first just to get to the file. man ls I don't know if the -H option is available on most Linux systems, but it's been a standard part of BSD for quite a while. For example, on my system right now, I could follow the symlink trail for /usr/local/bin/java: % ls -l /usr/local/bin/java lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 20 Sep 1 20:30 /usr/local/bin/java@ -> ../jdk1.2.2/bin/java % ls -l /usr/local/jdk1.2.2/bin/java lrwxr-xr-x 1 root 1050 13 Aug 24 13:01 /usr/local/jdk1.2.2/bin/java@ -> .java_wrapper % ls -l /usr/local/jdk1.2.2/bin/.java_wrapper -r-xr-xr-x 1 root 1050 3228 Aug 23 17:33 /usr/local/jdk1.2.2/bin/.java_wrapper* Or I can type ls -lH and get the final file details in one shot: % ls -lH /usr/local/bin/java -r-xr-xr-x 1 root 1050 3228 Aug 23 17:33 /usr/local/bin/java* - Tim Kientzle To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-libh" in the body of the message
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