In article <tomstiller-B5FFEB.11414228072008@news.verizon.net>, Tom Stiller <tomstiller@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In article <280720080947538089%leave@me.alone>, > Curmudgeon <leave@me.alone> wrote: > > > In article <tomstiller-632F3D.18551027072008@news.verizon.net>, Tom > > Stiller <tomstiller@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > In article <270720081709030959%leave@me.alone>, > > > Curmudgeon <leave@me.alone> wrote: > > > > > > > In article <jollyroger-CDF140.10375325072008@news.individual.net>, > > > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > In article <1iknzpi.pbudqouth9icN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>, > > > > > dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > In article > > > > > > > <uce-F79936.07363025072008@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com>, > > > > > > > Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > [much discussion of how tools and man pages are updated deleted...] > > > > > > > > OP here. I have been following this thread hoping that it would shed > > > > some light on whether my issue with visible etc, tmp, and var aliases > > > > (or links as they might more accurately be described) can be rendered > > > > invisible again. It appears that they cannot, and I will simply have > > > > to live with their annoying persistence. It's hard for me to believe > > > > that's really true, but nobody has yet suggested a remedy that works. > > > > > > > > By the way, my thanks to whomever suggested Cocktail, but all it does > > > > is toggle the visibility of otherwise invisible files. It hasn't any > > > > impact on the three "folders" I'm trying to invisibilize. The system > > > > won't allow me to rename them .etc, .tmp, and .var so I seem to SOL. > > > > > > > > Any other ideas? Voodoo, maybe? There's got to be a way to do this! > > > > > > > > > > What does the command: > > > ls -lO / > > > produce? > > > > Here 'tis: > > > > [adsl-70-131-83-28:~] steve% ls -lo / > > total 340650 > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 steve staff - 249856 Jul 11 20:18 AppleShare PDS > > [snip] > > > > > Confession: Despite fifteen years at Bell Labs, I am not at all UNIX > > conversant, so the above doesn't mean as much to me as it might. I'll > > be very happy to accept any guidance you can provide. Thanks. > > Right! the command is: > ls -lO / > note the upper case "O" (size *does* matter) ;-) > > You should see something like: > > ls -lO / > total 45533 > drwxrwxr-x+ 182 root admin - 6188 Jul 28 08:56 Applications/ > -rwxrwxrwx@ 1 carole admin - 372 Mar 21 2001 Default* > -rw-r--r--@ 1 root admin hidden 210432 Jun 22 21:06 Desktop DB > -rw-r--r--@ 1 root admin hidden 1984994 Jun 22 20:36 Desktop DF > drwxr-xr-x@ 8 root admin hidden 272 Jun 19 2006 Desktop > Folder/ > drwxrwxr-x@ 17 root admin - 578 Jul 12 15:31 Developer/ > -rw-rw-r--@ 1 tms admin hidden 0 Apr 21 2004 Icon? > drwxrwxr-t+ 76 root admin - 2584 Jul 8 12:14 Library/ > drwxrwx---@ 24 root admin - 816 Jun 19 2006 Log Files/ > drwxr-xr-x@ 2 root wheel hidden 68 Nov 3 2007 Network/ > drwx---rwx@ 3 root 65534 hidden 102 Jun 19 2006 Network > Trash Folder/ > drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel - 136 Jun 9 08:13 System/ > . > . > . 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 . . .
Cheers!
Mudge
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