Dear Sir, This isn't quite a "bug", but it is something I believe would be very useful.
In "ls -l", it would often be really helpful if, instead of giving the size of the directory itself, (which is rarely informative), we could have the total size contained within that directory. The infomation I seek can be obtained in a separate command via: du -ha --max-depth=1 However, this is not as convenient nor as clear. I would suggest something like "ls --cumulative", or even changing the default behaviour of "ls -l" Eg - CURRENT behaviour: [rjn@toffee-pecan rjn]$ ls -l -rw-rw-r-- 1 rjn rjn 44073 Jun 26 23:23 2961.jpg drwxr-xr-x 4 rjn rjn 112 Aug 11 23:20 backup/ drwxr-xrwx 3 rjn rjn 696 Aug 12 00:26 Desktop/ -rw-rw-r-- 1 rjn rjn 154580 Jul 18 00:27 example.au -rw-rw-rw- 1 rjn rjn 6925 Jul 15 00:51 mandrake82log Eg - PROPOSED behaviour: [rjn@toffee-pecan rjn]$ ls -l -rw-rw-r-- 1 rjn rjn 44073 Jun 26 23:23 2961.jpg drwxr-xr-x 4 rjn rjn 500M Aug 11 23:20 backup/ drwxr-xrwx 3 rjn rjn 350M Aug 12 00:26 Desktop/ -rw-rw-r-- 1 rjn rjn 154580 Jul 18 00:27 example.au -rw-rw-rw- 1 rjn rjn 6925 Jul 15 00:51 mandrake82log I am sorry if this is an old idea and has already been suggested. I do believe that it is a good one: having used Linux for 1 year now, this is the only feature I miss from MS Windows. Sincerely Richard P.S. Thank you very much for GNU - it has made a huge difference to me! _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
