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ls -fA -> still . and ..

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
Subject: bug#30963: closed (Re: bug#30963: ls -fA -> still . and ..)
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 22:07:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#30963: ls -fA -> still . and ..

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 30963 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>, 30963-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30963: ls -fA -> still . and ..
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:06:19 -0700

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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.

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From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: ls -fA -> still . and ..
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 11:27:28 -0600

$ mkdir foo
$ cd foo
$ \ls -fA
.  ..
$

I rather expected this output to be empty. -f enables -a, fine, but it
seems like the -A should override the -a, since it's specified after?

I guess it has nothing to do with -f in particular.
\ls -aA also shows . and ..; maybe it shouldn't?
Not sure, though ... --thanks, karl.

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