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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: ls -A
Message-ID: <6471@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 9 Oct 89 14:16:09 GMT
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[ls -l gives owner+group only when su-root]

In article <603@buster.irby.com> rli@buster.irby.com (Buster Irby) writes:
>Peter, you must be using a different ls than the rest of us.  ls -l 
>under System V/386 gives you both the user id and group id regardless
>of who you are.  

System V/386 isn't the whole world. Not only is there BSD, but there are
lots of systems running System-III derived Xenix. Like me.

>System V as distributed on AT&T 3B2 machines.  You must be confusing 
>Unix behavior with Xenix behavior, and they are not the same.

Sorry, Buster. Xenix *IS* UNIX. Xenix *IS* UNIX. So is V7 UNIX, BSD UNIX,
System III, Version 6, PWB, Onyx, TNIX, Venix, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
-- 
Peter da Silva, *NIX support guy @ Ferranti International Controls Corporation.
Biz: peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. Fun: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com. `-_-'
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