Linux version 2.4.20-6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)) #1 Thu Feb 27 10:06:59 EST 2003
I find that files which have names starting with the characters hp are invisible to /bin/ls ( also to /usr/bin/find but not to /usr/bin/file ).
The following sequence should illustrate:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] craig]$ mkdir junk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] craig]$ cd junk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ >somefile
[EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ mkdir somedir
[EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ >hp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ >hpsomefile
[EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ ls
somedir somefile
[EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ find .
.
./somefile
./somedir
[EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ file *
hp: empty
hpsomefile: empty
somedir: directory
somefile: empty
[EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ rm hp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ ls
somedir somefile
[EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ file *
hpsomefile: empty
somedir: directory
somefile: empty
[EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ mkdir hp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ mkdir hpsomedir
[EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ ls
somedir somefile
[EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ find .
.
./somefile
./somedir
[EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ file *
hp: directory
hpsomedir: directory
hpsomefile: empty
somedir: directory
somefile: empty
[EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ which -a find
/usr/bin/find
[EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ which -a file
/usr/bin/file
[EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ which -a ls
alias ls='ls --color=tty'
/bin/ls
[EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ which ls
alias ls='ls --color=tty'
/bin/ls
[EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ ls --version
ls (GNU fileutils) 4.0x
Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie.Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. [EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ find --version GNU find version 4.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] junk]$ file --version file-3.39 magic file from /usr/share/magic
Let me know if I can be of further help with diagnosis of this problem.
Best Regards, Craig Bourne
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