[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > J> Would you *please* consider sending a precise suggestion > Sorry. OK, To both > > man page: > --group-directories-first > group directories before files > > And info page: > `--group-directories-first' > Group all the directories before the files and then sort the > directories and the files separately using the selected sort key > (see -sort option). That is, this option specifies a primary sort > key, and the -sort option specifies a secondary key. > > please add: > Doesn't work if -U or -f are present.
Thanks. How about the following patch? I didn't mention -f, since that option is documented to enable --sort=none (-U) semantics. I see that you've noticed --group-directories-first is trumped by --sort=none even when --sort=none comes first. Unfortunately, --group-directories-first is a bit of a mess. Back when that option was added, I knew that ls should have gained a new method for specifying multiple sort keys. Then this option could have been added as something like --sort=directories-first, and a secondary key would have been specified via --yet-another-option=SECONDARY_SORT_KEY_TYPE. But ls was already hairy in that area, too big, and with too many options, etc. All that to say that I was tempted to change --group-directories-first, but continue to resist :) ls: Improve description of --group-directories-first. * src/ls.c (usage) [--group-directories-first]: Improve description. * doc/coreutils.texi (Which files are listed): Likewise. Suggestion from Dan Jacobson. diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index dfab040..fbab0b5 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -5894,6 +5894,8 @@ directories and the files separately using the selected sort key (see --sort option). That is, this option specifies a primary sort key, and the --sort option specifies a secondary key. +However, any use of @option{--sort=none} +(@option{-U}) disables this option altogether. @item --hide=PATTERN @opindex [EMAIL PROTECTED] diff --git a/src/ls.c b/src/ls.c index 46713f2..e0646ef 100644 --- a/src/ls.c +++ b/src/ls.c @@ -4386,7 +4386,9 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ --group-directories-first\n\ - group directories before files\n\ + group directories before files.\n\ + disable with --sort=none (-U);\n\ + augment with any other --sort option\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ -G, --no-group in a long listing, don't print group names\n\ -- 1.5.4.1.98.gf3293 _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils