On Tuesday 05 March 2002 18:01 pm, you wrote: > On Monday 04 March 2002 09:49 pm, you wrote: > > Why not try an alias in your bashrc file, so that "ls" does it > > YOUR way? > > That's a fair question I suppose. > > First, this is a multiuser operating system and I want to fix the > problem where it exists, so that it fixes it for all new accounts > that I create. > > Secondly, I did. But the default values aliased to 'ls' do not just > go away. Rather any customization I make just gets _added_ in with > the other values initialized from the /etc/profile (or where ever) > directory upon login. > > I realize I could just moving the /etc/profile directory off my > partition, and maybe look at building my own, but I am really only > interested in one particular problematic feature. One in which I > have spent a fair amount of time already trying to discover how it > is set up, and have not been able to solve. > > So, if there is anyone who can tell me what part of the bash > scripts in /etc/profile or elsewhere are causing this funky > behavior, I would very much appreciate it. > > > At 04:42 PM 3/4/2002 -0800, you wrote: > > >Hello everyone: > > > > > >A long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, 'ls' used to > > > display directories and files in case sensitive order, > > > prioritized by Directories, then directory names that start > > > with capitals first. > > > > > >Now directories and files are sorted w/out respect to directory > > > or file, and the first letter in the names are alphabetized > > > w/out sensitivity to case. > > > > > >I guess not too many people liked this, but call me a geek, I > > > found > > it > > > >kind of useful for organzing things. > > > > > >Can anyone help? > > > > > >Thanks so much, > > > > > >Steven > > > > > > Try /etc/profile.d/alias.sh. HTH
Regards Pete -- 12:36am up 13:45, 2 users, load average: 0.15, 0.12, 0.04
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