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According to Paul Eggert on 4/29/2005 3:07 PM:
Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
bash TAB-completion with readline's `set visible-stats on' uses '%'
for character-special devices and '#' for block-special devices.
Aack. FreeBSD ls uses %
Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I take it whiteouts are another form of special file, unique to FreeBSD?
They're in other BSD flavors too. They're used in union mounts, so
that you can remove a file at the top level of the union, and that the
file appears to be gone even if the underyling
Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
bash TAB-completion with readline's `set visible-stats on' uses '%'
for character-special devices and '#' for block-special devices.
Aack. FreeBSD ls uses % for whiteouts, and nothing for special
files. I'd rather not have gratuitous incompatibility.
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POSIX allows `ls -F' to append other indicators for file types other than
directories '/', fifos '|', and symlinks '@'. coreutils ls additionally
supports sockets '=', as documented in POSIX application usage as a common
extension, but nothing
