Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ls date was: Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem [Date issue SOLVED]

2006-01-07 Thread Willie Wong
On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 02:41:35AM +0100, Penguin Lover Holly Bostick squawked: > A-HA The 'Info' command, which I also always forget, not least > because I don't know how to navigate info files. > > But this caused me to take another whack at it, and I got along well > enough to find a mostly

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ls date was: Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem [Date issue SOLVED]

2006-01-07 Thread Holly Bostick
Richard Fish schreef: > On 1/7/06, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Don't think I really need the inodes (if that's what they are, I > > > That is "link count". For a regular file, it tells how many hard > links exist to the file. For a directory, it tells how many files > are in

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ls date was: Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem [Date issue SOLVED]

2006-01-07 Thread Richard Fish
On 1/7/06, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't think I really need the inodes (if that's what they are, I That is "link count". For a regular file, it tells how many hard links exist to the file. For a directory, it tells how many files are in that directory +2, since "." and ".." c

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ls date was: Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem [Date issue SOLVED]

2006-01-07 Thread Holly Bostick
Mariusz Pękala schreef: > On 2006-01-07 20:01:25 +0100 (Sat, Jan), Holly Bostick wrote: > >> Willie Wong schreef: >> >>> On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 04:17:11PM +0100, Penguin Lover Holly >>> Bostick squawked: >>> (how do you get ls to also include the @#$%#$ *year*??) >>> >>> Sorry, couldn't

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ls date was: Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Willie Wong
On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 09:56:59PM +0100, Penguin Lover Mariusz P?kala squawked: > info ls, section * Formatting file timestamps:: > " A timestamp is considered to be "recent" if it is less than six > months old, and is not dated in the future." > > and further: > " For example, `--time-style="+%Y

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ls date was: Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Mariusz Pękala
On 2006-01-07 20:01:25 +0100 (Sat, Jan), Holly Bostick wrote: > Willie Wong schreef: > > On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 04:17:11PM +0100, Penguin Lover Holly Bostick > > squawked: > > > >> (how do you get ls to also include the @#$%#$ *year*??) > > > > > > Sorry, couldn't help with the rest of your pro

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ls date was: Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Willie Wong
On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 08:01:25PM +0100, Penguin Lover Holly Bostick squawked: > Rather than go off on a rant, I will ask mildly: is there any way to > change the default behaviour to more reflect my expected behaviour? Not > so much asking you to tell me how to do it as asking if those of you who

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ls date was: Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Willie Wong
On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 08:37:12PM +0100, Penguin Lover Sergio Polini squawked: > May be, you could add a command-line option ;-) > And don't forget to open a bug and send in a patch! =) W -- Ugh! It's 1/2 C U ^2, saved by the bell, we've ran out of time. ~Prof. Kirk T. McDonald, DeathEM

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ls date was: Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Sergio Polini
Holly Bostick: > > [...] > > Sorry, couldn't help with the rest of your problem, but I think > > it is assumed that ls will display the year only for files older > > than a year old. Quite clever, in my opinion. > > OK, I see what you mean-- or maybe I don't: > [...] > I see that many files that ar

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ls date was: Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Holly Bostick
Willie Wong schreef: > On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 04:17:11PM +0100, Penguin Lover Holly Bostick > squawked: > >> (how do you get ls to also include the @#$%#$ *year*??) > > > Sorry, couldn't help with the rest of your problem, but I think it is > assumed that ls will display the year only for file

[gentoo-user] Re: ls date was: Bizarre etc/cfg-update problem

2006-01-07 Thread Willie Wong
On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 04:17:11PM +0100, Penguin Lover Holly Bostick squawked: > (how do you get ls to also include the @#$%#$ *year*??) Sorry, couldn't help with the rest of your problem, but I think it is assumed that ls will display the year only for files older than a year old. Quite clever,