install: check if file exists before creating dirs

2003-07-05 Thread Dan Jacobson
$ install -D blaaa /tmp/caa/bb/vv install: cannot stat `blaaa': No such file or directory $ ls -l /tmp/caa/bb/ -d drwxr-xr-x2 jidanni jidanni 1024 2003-07-05 12:59 /tmp/caa/bb/ it made the directories anyway. it should see if everything is ok first.

Patch to ls: avoind auto-mounting.

2003-07-05 Thread Joao Luis Meloni Assirati
Hello, The attached patch to coreutils implements a new command line option '--nslt' that stands for never stat link targets. It is to be used in conjunction with -F and --color to avoid that the targets of links being listed get stat-ed. This occours in two situations: 1. 'ls --color' tries to

Re: remove argument limits to ls

2003-07-05 Thread Dan Jacobson
aren't argument limits old fashioned? P Every kernel (note, that's kernel, not ls) has them. hmmm, maybe error messages could steer the blame better, as all some of us recall is some commands had old fashioned argument limits. ___ Bug-coreutils

Adding numerical suffixes to split

2003-07-05 Thread Jesse Kornblum
My apologies for taking so long to write back. I'm in the middle of switching locations. Paul, you mentioned using csplit, which already has the ability to create numerical suffixes. This is good, and I must sheepishly admit I hadn't looked at csplit, but it does not meet my needs. csplit

Re: Bug in expand command.

2003-07-05 Thread Paul Eggert
That doesn't look like a bug to me. For example, the first line of hints.txt contains 1 . SPACE TAB T so there are three columns before the tab, which means that expand -t1 and expand -t2 should behave the same. Perhaps you didn't notice the SPACE?

Re: Adding numerical suffixes to split

2003-07-05 Thread Paul Eggert
Jesse Kornblum [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 2. The files we are working with will become evidence to be used in criminal proscecutions. If I were a criminal defense lawyer attacking your use of 'split' on technical grounds, I'd ask why you require a particular implementation of 'split' with