[3865] in Athena Bugs
ls w/o permission - error message misleading
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (kevles@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Dec 28 16:59:46 1989
From: kevles@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 89 16:59:32 -0500
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
6.3 pVax
ls -f gives this (a partial listing):
Mail/ lecture2.PS_dlx pal.dat ps8_solution
act_arr.dat lecture20.PS ps1.PS ps9.PS
c_language_hwork/ lecture21.PS ps1.PS_unk recitation10.PS
cargo.dat lecture22.PS ps1_p2_1.c recitation11.PS
Then...
(rjhs) Meow? cd c_*
c_language_hwork: No such file or directory
(rjhs) Meow? ls c_*
c_language_hwork unreadable
(rjhs) Meow? ls -l c*
-rw------- 1 9083 1683 May 3 1989 cargo.dat
-rw------- 1 9083 53 May 3 1989 code.dat
-rw------- 1 9083 1515 May 3 1989 complex.c
c_language_hwork unreadable
That first error message (No such file or directory) is incorrect.
What should have happened: It should just tell me permission denied,or words
to that effect.
Um, that was ls -F, not ls -f, and it's from /bin/ls.
Thanks!
--Beth
