Re: Grind ls command

[jpenne@ee.ualberta.ca (Jerry Penner)]

ag471@yfn.ysu.edu (Eric S. Ford) writes:

>In a previous article, snelson@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Steven Nelson) says:

>>Try using the 'dir' command instead of ls.  I'll put a 'ls -lR' listing (or
>>something similar) up tonight in the apple8 and apple16 directories.  FTP
>>'ls' commnad doesn't accept options like unix does.

>Hmmm, I use 'ls -lR' on many other nodes through ftp.  Are you sure about this?

Different sites have different FTP software.  Some allow more commands
and options than others.  /bin/ls is one of the differences you'll
find.  You may notice that some sites will let you type /bin/ls
[options] while other sites allow ls only.  It's really up to the OS
and system admin.
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Jerry Penner   jpenne@ee.ualberta.ca   or   jjp@myrias.ab.ca