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Re: RFC: changing the "+" in ls -l output to be "." or "+"
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Jim Meyering |
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Re: RFC: changing the "+" in ls -l output to be "." or "+" |
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Date: |
Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:04:12 +0200 |
Vikram Noel Ambrose <address@hidden> wrote:
> Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
...
>>>> if (SELinux, with no other MAC or ACL)
>>>> use '.'
>>>> else if (any other combination of alternate access methods)
>>>> use '+'
...
>>> Here's sample output, running on an SELinux system:
>>>
>>> $ src/ls -ldgo [ac]*
>>> -rw-r--r--. 1 42625 2008-04-02 19:31 aclocal.m4
>>> drwxr-xr-x. 2 4096 2008-04-02 19:31 autom4te.cache
>>> -rw-r--r--. 1 1597 2008-03-21 16:35 cfg.mk
>>> -rw-r--r--. 1 1417195 2008-04-02 19:33 config.log
>>> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 71225 2008-04-02 19:33 config.status
>>> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 1846424 2008-04-02 19:31 configure
>>> -rw-r--r--. 1 12014 2008-03-25 23:55 configure.ac
>>>
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> This is so confusing. What is so horribly wrong with a capital S for
> SELinux or A for ACL?
A desire for compatibility makes "+" look good.
"." is appealing for SELinux-only because it's inconspicuous.
- Re: RFC: changing the "+" in ls -l output to be "." or "+", Jim Meyering, 2008/10/23
- Re: RFC: changing the "+" in ls -l output to be "." or "+", Vikram Noel Ambrose, 2008/10/23
- Re: RFC: changing the "+" in ls -l output to be "." or "+",
Jim Meyering <=
- Re: RFC: changing the "+" in ls -l output to be "." or "+", Mike Edenfield, 2008/10/24
- Re: RFC: changing the "+" in ls -l output to be "." or "+", Eric Blake, 2008/10/24
- Re: RFC: changing the "+" in ls -l output to be "." or "+", Russell Coker, 2008/10/26
- Re: RFC: changing the "+" in ls -l output to be "." or "+", Jim Meyering, 2008/10/26
- Re: RFC: changing the "+" in ls -l output to be "." or "+", Daniel J Walsh, 2008/10/31
- Re: Bug#472590: RFC: changing the "+" in ls -l output to be "." or "+", Michael Stone, 2008/10/27