> [gpeters@cass gpeters]$ ls --version
> ls (GNU fileutils) 4.0
> [gpeters@cass gpeters]$ ls -j
> ls: invalid option -- j
> Try `ls --help' for more information.
> [gpeters@cass gpeters]$ ls -e
> Try `ls --help' for more information.
>
> Is "-e" not an invalid option? Should it be reported as such?
This was indeed a bug. It has already been fixed in the latest test
releases. The newer versions now say:
$ ls -e
ls: invalid option -- e
Try `ls --help' for more information.
To quote Jim on a previous response to this problem:
> Thanks for the report.
> That's fixed in the latest test release:
>
> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/fetish/fileutils-4.0s.tar.gz
Bob