cvs commit: src/bin/ls ls.1 ls.c

[Ceri Davies]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 12:02:32AM +0000, Maxime Henrion wrote:
> mux         2005-11-10 00:02:32 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     bin/ls               ls.1 ls.c 
>   Log:
>   Add a -I option to disable the automatic -A flag for the super-user.
>   
>   PR:             bin/86710
>   Submitted by:   Marcus Alves Grando
>   MFC after:      3 days

For what it's worth, I think mnag was right in the PR when he said that
this (at least the !getuid() bit) should be changed:

> | +	/* Root is -A automatically. */
> | +	if (!getuid() && !f_nolistdot)
> | +		f_listdot = 1;

I'm also struggling for the motivation behind this option, but it
doesn't actually affect me in any way whatsoever so I can't complain.

Ceri
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