From: tlaronde@polynum.com
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] du vs. ls: duplication or not?
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:46:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120116114618.GA618@polynum.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d4aaeac9019d72d94f2bb7c6af6ab1a1@chula.quanstro.net>
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 04:17:43PM -0500, erik quanstrom wrote:
> > Since ls(1) gives the size of the file; since du(1) can not really or at
> > least not always in an arbitrary context tells the "real" occupation of
> > disk size, is not ls(1) enough?
>
> plan 9 ls does not have a -R option.
It seems what I'm trying to say is not clear. I know that shipping Plan9
has no '-R'. What I mean is, since find(1) and others are not here
because they are duplicating other utils, and can be recreated with
other "primitives", why du(1) was kept and not simply ls(1) extended
with a '-R'? Since ls(1) already displays the size of a file (in bytes).
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-16 11:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-14 8:01 tlaronde
2012-01-14 9:20 ` Charles Forsyth
2012-01-15 16:18 ` tlaronde
2012-01-15 21:17 ` erik quanstrom
2012-01-16 11:46 ` tlaronde [this message]
2012-01-16 16:13 ` Joel C. Salomon
2012-01-16 17:43 ` tlaronde
2012-01-16 18:06 ` erik quanstrom
2012-01-14 9:45 ` David du Colombier
2012-01-14 13:23 ` erik quanstrom
2012-01-16 7:39 arnold
2012-01-16 11:55 ` tlaronde
2012-01-16 13:21 ` erik quanstrom
2012-01-16 13:24 ` erik quanstrom
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