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Guy Fraser <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> I put some small changes into ls.c to enable a togglable option to
> allow user and group names to print with more than 8 characters.
Please send bug reports, enhancements, and enhancement requests for this
program to <address@hidden>
> I did this to allow scripts to work properly when the owner and/or
> group are longer than 8 characters. People keep creating them so
> I thought it would be a good idea to make a provision to allow
> them to be displayed when required.
>
> The options :
>
> short) -E
> long) --extended
>
> Here are a couple of examples
>
> # /usr/local/bin/ls -lE /home
> total 52
> drwx------ 2 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 4096 Feb 6 18:55
> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
> drwx------ 6 acdc wheel 4096 Oct 18 19:44 acdc
> drwx------ 2 xalapa22 wheel 4096 Jun 8 2000 xalapa22
> drwx------ 7 incipid incipid 4096 Jan 30 15:32 incipid
> drwx------ 2 gordon_fleischer gordon_fleischer 4096 Feb 6 18:49
> gordon_fleischer
>
> or can be untoggled
>
> # /usr/local/bin/ls -lEE /home
> total 52
> drwx------ 2 abcdefgh abcdefgh 4096 Feb 6 18:55
> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
> drwx------ 6 acdc wheel 4096 Oct 18 19:44 acdc
> drwx------ 2 xalapa22 wheel 4096 Jun 8 2000 xalapa22
> drwx------ 7 incipid incipid 4096 Jan 30 15:32 incipid
> drwx------ 2 gordon_f gordon_f 4096 Feb 6 18:49 gordon_fleischer
>
> Guy
>
> fileutils-4.0.38-ls-extended.patch
> ----cut
> here--------------------------------------------------------------------
> diff -ruN fileutils-4.0.38-dist/src/ls.c fileutils-4.0.38/src/ls.c
> --- fileutils-4.0.38-dist/src/ls.c Sun Jan 28 14:42:59 2001
> +++ fileutils-4.0.38/src/ls.c Tue Feb 6 22:33:50 2001
> @@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
> Flaherty <address@hidden> based on original patches by
> Greg Lee <address@hidden>. */
>
> +/* Extended length user and group name support by Guy Fraser
> <address@hidden>.
> + Short option -E and long option --extended toggle this feature. */
> +
> #ifdef _AIX
> #pragma alloca
> #endif
> @@ -362,6 +365,11 @@
>
> static int files_index;
>
> +/* Nonzero means display upto 16 characters for username and group.
> -E */
> +
> +static int extended;
> +#define EXTENDED_FMT "%-8s "
> +
> /* When nonzero, in a color listing, color each symlink name according
> to the
> type of file it points to. Otherwise, color them according to the
> `ln'
> directive in LS_COLORS. Dangling (orphan) symlinks are treated
> specially,
> @@ -699,6 +707,7 @@
> {"ignore-backups", no_argument, 0, 'B'},
> {"classify", no_argument, 0, 'F'},
> {"file-type", no_argument, 0, 'p'},
> + {"extended", no_argument, 0, 'E'},
> {"si", no_argument, 0, 'H'},
> {"ignore", required_argument, 0, 'I'},
> {"indicator-style", required_argument, 0, INDICATOR_STYLE_OPTION},
> @@ -1034,6 +1043,8 @@
> all_files = 0;
> really_all_files = 0;
> ignore_patterns = 0;
> + extended = 0;
> +
>
> /* FIXME: Shouldn't we complain on wrong values? */
> if ((p = getenv ("QUOTING_STYLE"))
> @@ -1086,7 +1097,7 @@
> }
>
> while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv,
> - "abcdfghiklmnopqrstuvw:xABCDFGHI:LNQRST:UX1",
> + "abcdfghiklmnopqrstuvw:xABCDEFGHI:LNQRST:UX1",
> long_options, NULL)) != -1)
> {
> switch (c)
> @@ -1221,6 +1232,10 @@
> dired = 1;
> break;
>
> + case 'E':
> + extended = 1 - extended;
> + break;
> +
> case 'F':
> indicator_style = classify;
> break;
> @@ -2509,21 +2524,31 @@
> p += strlen (p);
>
> user_name = (numeric_ids ? NULL : getuser (f->stat.st_uid));
> - if (user_name)
> - sprintf (p, "%-8.8s ", user_name);
> - else
> - sprintf (p, "%-8u ", (unsigned int) f->stat.st_uid);
> - p += strlen (p);
> -
> - if (!inhibit_group)
> - {
> - char *group_name = (numeric_ids ? NULL : getgroup
> (f->stat.st_gid));
> - if (group_name)
> - sprintf (p, "%-8.8s ", group_name);
> + if (user_name)
> + {
> + if (!extended)
> + sprintf (p, "%-8.8s ", user_name);
> else
> - sprintf (p, "%-8u ", (unsigned int) f->stat.st_gid);
> - p += strlen (p);
> - }
> + sprintf (p, EXTENDED_FMT, user_name);
> + }
> + else
> + sprintf (p, "%-8u ", (unsigned int) f->stat.st_uid);
> + p += strlen (p);
> +
> + if (!inhibit_group)
> + {
> + char *group_name = (numeric_ids ? NULL : getgroup (f->stat.st_gid));
> + if (group_name)
> + {
> + if (!extended)
> + sprintf (p, "%-8.8s ", group_name);
> + else
> + sprintf (p, EXTENDED_FMT, group_name);
> + }
> + else
> + sprintf (p, "%-8u ", (unsigned int) f->stat.st_gid);
> + p += strlen (p);
> + }
>
> if (S_ISCHR (f->stat.st_mode) || S_ISBLK (f->stat.st_mode))
> sprintf (p, "%3u, %3u ", (unsigned) major (f->stat.st_rdev),
> @@ -3270,6 +3295,7 @@
> types. WHEN may be `never', `always',
> or `auto'\n\
> -d, --directory list directory entries instead of
> contents\n\
> -D, --dired generate output designed for Emacs' dired
> mode\n\
> + -E, --extended toggle display full length user and group
> names\n\
> -f do not sort, enable -aU, disable -lst\n\
> -F, --classify append indicator (one of */=@|) to
> entries\n\
> --format=WORD across -x, commas -m, horizontal -x, long
> -l,\n\
> ----cut
> here--------------------------------------------------------------------
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