[EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Youngman) wrote: > On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 04:22:06PM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote: >> I've just checked in the files that complete the >> implementation of the new fprintftime module. >> In coreutils, both date and du now use fprintftime. > > Any plan to have 'ls' do so too? Of course there is the problem that > the format changes.
No. ls handles the problem a little differently. It enforces a maximum buffer length of 1000 bytes, which is probably more appropriate in this case. Otherwise, you'd be able to make an ftp server generate way too much network traffic with a few simple `dir' commands. _______________________________________________ bug-gnulib mailing list bug-gnulib@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnulib
