Brian Potkin declaimed: > On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 09:34:49AM -0800, Paul Mackinney wrote: > > > OT disclaimer... what controls the standard date abbreviation? On some > > Linux systems 'ls -l' displays the year, on others it doesn't. 'finger' > > duplicates the behavior, so it appears to be some heinous system-wide > > setting. The above is incorrect. 'finger' behaves the same way on both systems, 'ls' does not. > > A search of newsgroups using the keywords "ls -l", "date" and "time" > will provide better explanations than I can give. Adding "six months" > would narrow down the search. Thanks, I really should have done this before posting. I've learned a lot about searching the archives, but didn't find anything appropriate.
BTW: Before posting I tried man, info, apropos (currently a seg fault engine due to some pesky bug), looked at my environment variables, and looked in Oreilly's 'Essential System Administration' > > BTW: I've found the --full-time option for ls, but still want to know > > how to set default behavior. > > How about an alias in your .bashrc? Yes, but doesn't address the root cause. I'm stupidly curious. Regards, PM -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
