Vikram Noel Ambrose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... >>>> if (SELinux, with no other MAC or ACL) >>>> use '.' >>>> else if (any other combination of alternate access methods) >>>> use '+' ... >>> Here's sample output, running on an SELinux system: >>> >>> $ src/ls -ldgo [ac]* >>> -rw-r--r--. 1 42625 2008-04-02 19:31 aclocal.m4 >>> drwxr-xr-x. 2 4096 2008-04-02 19:31 autom4te.cache >>> -rw-r--r--. 1 1597 2008-03-21 16:35 cfg.mk >>> -rw-r--r--. 1 1417195 2008-04-02 19:33 config.log >>> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 71225 2008-04-02 19:33 config.status >>> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 1846424 2008-04-02 19:31 configure >>> -rw-r--r--. 1 12014 2008-03-25 23:55 configure.ac >>> > > This is so confusing. What is so horribly wrong with a capital S for > SELinux or A for ACL?
A desire for compatibility makes "+" look good. "." is appealing for SELinux-only because it's inconspicuous. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils