[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> I think that such an `@' would be redundant, coming just before >> the `->' indicator. Solaris 5.9's /bin/ls also does not display >> the `@' there. Why waste valuable screen real estate? > > You have a strong argument for the @ being redundant since you can > clearly see the -> there. You have convinced me.
I like Jim's argument about screen real estate and I agree that settles the matter (unless the POSIX folks rule otherwise -- but who are we to provoke them? :-), but I'd like to mention that Solaris 9 /bin/ls definitely does not conform to POSIX in this area, so its value as a guide is questionable. For example: $ ls -Fld *dir lrwxrwxrwx 1 eggert eggert 6 Jul 9 16:51 bardir -> foodir/ drwxrwsr-x 2 eggert eggert 512 Jul 9 16:51 foodir/ $ ls -F *dir bardir: foodir: $ ls -Fd *dir bardir/ foodir/ POSIX clearly says that the output of the last two commands should look like this (which is what coreutils ls does): $ ls -F *dir bardir@ foodir: $ ls -Fd *dir bardir@ foodir/ Solaris 9 /usr/xpg4/bin/ls is also nonconforming. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
