From: jcs <lists@irreal.org>
To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org
Subject: Re: [TUHS] A question about ls(1)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 10:44:00 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2y33uw5ov.fsf@irreal.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEoi9W7z+ZvVpBPignn3sU_CFBNwTDgt=SPe_4itjxDdBg2hWw@mail.gmail.com>
Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 10:26 AM Anthony Martin
> <ality@pbrane.org> wrote:
>
>> From at least V2 to V6, the ls(1) command would not
>> show directory entries whose names began with a '.'
>> unless the -a flag was supplied.
[snip]
>> Was the initial behavior intentional or just a
>> matter of expediency?
>>
>
> I believe it's been publicly stated that it was a mistake in
> early Unix.
> Apparently, Rob Pike had a Google+ post to this effect back in
> 2012 (or
> earlier): I see a reference to it from another mailing list
> around that
> time. Unfortunately, the Google+ content is now lost. Rob, do
> you have a
> copy?
Here's a tweet that shows the post:
https://twitter.com/rauchg/status/698689290667053060/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E698689290667053060
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-04-28 15:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-04-27 14:16 Anthony Martin
2019-04-27 15:38 ` Warner Losh
2019-04-27 15:42 ` Larry McVoy
2019-04-28 23:59 ` Warner Losh
2019-04-28 11:47 ` Dan Cross
2019-04-28 12:00 ` arnold
2019-04-28 14:44 ` jcs [this message]
2019-04-28 16:15 ` Bakul Shah
2019-04-27 20:11 Norman Wilson
2019-04-27 23:03 Noel Chiappa
2019-04-28 16:54 Norman Wilson
2019-04-28 19:45 ` Jon Forrest
2019-04-28 20:00 ` Bakul Shah
2019-04-29 18:05 ` Michael Kjörling
2019-04-29 20:37 ` Warner Losh
2019-04-29 20:44 ` Christopher Browne
2019-04-30 6:44 ` Michael Kjörling
2019-04-30 7:24 ` Kurt H Maier
2019-04-30 10:35 ` Wesley Parish
2019-04-29 22:32 ` Bakul Shah
2019-04-30 11:52 ` Theodore Ts'o
2019-04-28 22:16 ` Thoma Paulsen
2019-04-29 0:53 ` John P. Linderman
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