Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert <at> alum.mit.edu> writes: > Thanks, Eric. I tried this but could not get what I wanted: > > LTDENA-REISERT:c/Home> ls -al --time-style="posix-long-iso" > > -rwx------ 1 reisert Domain Users 3326 2009-10-30 12:51 .XWinrc > -rwx------ 1 reisert Users 663 2009-02-26 10:37 .Xdefaults > > From the info link you sent me, it says: > > `posix-STYLE' > List POSIX-locale timestamps if the `LC_TIME' locale category > is POSIX, STYLE timestamps otherwise. For example, the > `posix-long-iso' style lists timestamps like `Mar 30 2002' > and `Mar 30 23:45' when in the POSIX locale, and like > `2002-03-30 23:45' otherwise. > > I must not be in a POSIX LOCALE, then. LC_TIME isn't defined, nor is LOCALE. > > How do I make this work, while maintaining: > > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > > - Jim
You might try "LANG=en_us.UTF-8" (Note the lower-case "us"). It seems to change the time formatting used by ls. But I don't understand how or why, nor do I know if it will break whatever else you're using LANG for. -- Eric Backus -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
