Re: ls needs switch to put directories on top

[Raymond Toy]

>>>>> "Dan" == Dan Jacobson <address@hidden> writes:

    Dan> ls needs a switch to put directories on top.
    Dan> when used with -l the output should look like ls -l|sort, except
    Dan> 'total' belongs on top.  indeed, -X doesn't know that directories are
    Dan> different file types and just sorts by their extensions as if they
    Dan> were regular files.

    Dan> On Windows putting directories on top is a default.  I'm amazed I
    Dan> can't do it on GNU/Linux.  If there was a handy switch, I could pass
    Dan> it to emacs' (dired DIRNAME &optional SWITCHES)

Hmm, I just use ls -F to put a / after each directory.   That's good
enough for me.

Ray