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Date:      Thu, 11 May 2006 12:44:36 -0500
From:      Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz>
To:        Robert Davison <rob_27_preston@yahoo.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: showing hidden files by default
Message-ID:  <44637804.6070501@daleco.biz>
In-Reply-To: <20060511172030.81600.qmail@web25006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
References:  <20060511172030.81600.qmail@web25006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

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Robert Davison wrote:
> I've been running 6.1 RC-1 for a couple of weeks with
> no problem. I've just installed a fresh copy of 6.1
> roduction and when logging in as root am able to see
> (.)hidden files when running the 'ls' command. Is this
> normal, or is there something that I need to change to
> ensuer that the (.) files stay hidden unless i use ls -a
> 
> 
> 		

It's normal.  From ls(1):
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   The following options are available:

      -A      List all entries except for . and ...
Automatically set for the super-user unless -I is specified.

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Kevin Kinsey



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