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From: Curmudgeon <leave@me.alone>
To: All
Subject: Re: How can I make alias files
Date:Tue, July 29, 2008 11:29 PM


In article <tomstiller-AB4C1B.09123429072008@news.verizon.net>, Tom
Stiller <tomstiller@yahoo.com> wrote:

> In article <290720080707163940%leave@me.alone>,
> Curmudgeon <leave@me.alone> wrote:
>
> > Well unfortunately, what I see is:
> >
> > [adsl-70-131-83-28:~] steve% ls -lO /
> > ls: illegal option -- O
> > usage: ls [-ABCFGHLPRSTWZabcdefghiklmnopqrstuwx1] [file ...]
> > [adsl-70-131-83-28:~] steve%
> >
> > which is why I tried "o" instead. Please advise . . .
> >
> I don't know what version of 'ls' you have. I know the man page for ls
> dated May 19, 2002 says the usage is:
> ls [-ABCFGHLPRSTW@abcdefghiklmnopqrstuwx1] [file ...]
>
> but if you read through the man mage, you find:
> -O Include the file flags in a long (-l) output.
>
> listed in the options.
>
> On the other hand, the version of ls that I have on my G3 running
> 10.4.11 does exhibit the behavior you describe.

Thanks, Tom. See my earlier reply to Chris Ridd. I am on 10.4.11
(albeit on a souped up Digital Audio G4).

Cheers!

Mudge

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