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ls -fA -> still . and ..

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: 30963 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>,  Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
Subject: bug#30963: ls -fA -> still . and ..
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:50:21 -0700

On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 3:06 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> On 03/27/2018 10:27 AM, Karl Berry wrote:
>>
>> ls -aA also shows . and ..; maybe it shouldn't?
>
> You're right, it shouldn't. This was a bug I introduced in 2004 and I think
> you're the first to report it (!). In my defense, it wasn't officially a bug
> until POSIX.1-2008 came out and specified that -a and -A should override
> each other. Anyway, thanks. I installed the attached patch.

Nice! Thank you both.

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