28 Apr
2019
28 Apr
'19
8:44 p.m.
Dan Cross <crossd(a)gmail.com> writes:
Here's a tweet that shows the post:
https://twitter.com/rauchg/status/698689290667053060/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%…
On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 10:26 AM Anthony Martin
<ality(a)pbrane.org> wrote:
> From at least V2 to V6, the ls(1) command would not
> show directory entries whose names began with a '.'
> unless the -a flag was supplied.
[snip]
Was the
initial behavior intentional or just a
matter of expediency?
I believe it's been publicly stated that it was a mistake in
early Unix.
Apparently, Rob Pike had a Google+ post to this effect back in
2012 (or
earlier): I see a reference to it from another mailing list
around that
time. Unfortunately, the Google+ content is now lost. Rob, do
you have a
copy?