On 8/18/05, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:39:45 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> 
> > > You still haven't run "this specific command". The command I gave was
> > > "ls -l /etc/make.profile" not "ls -l /etc/make.profile/" or
> > > "ls /etc/make.profile/"
> > >
> >
> > Sorry Neil. I did eventually see the difference. The trailing slash
> > was generate using bash completion. I didn't, at the time, understand
> > that it mattered, although it clearly does.
> 
> It does, because the trailing slash follows the link, without it you list
> the link itself. This is why cut and paste can be better than
> completion :)
> 
Completely correct. Good lesson. thanks!

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