Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 16:03:21 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Release 3 of DJGPP port of fileutils 4.1
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On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, CBFalconer wrote:

> > [1] c:\c\hashlib>ls d*
> > cokusmt.obj  hashlib.obj  hashlib.sbr   hashtest.map  hashtest.pdb  vc60.idb
> > cokusmt.sbr  hashlib.pch  hashtest.exe  hashtest.obj  hashtest.sbr  vc60.pdb
> > 
> > [1] c:\c\hashlib>de d* /t
> > 
> >  Volume in drive C is WD30-PRI41     Serial number is 3CE4:239B
> >  Directory of  C:\c\hashlib\d*
> > 
> > Debug        <DIR>      5-17-02   1:20 ____D created files for VC6
> > DESCRIPT.ION      519   4-05-02  11:47 _H_A_
> >             519 bytes in 1 file and 1 dir    4,096 bytes allocated
> >     625,438,720 bytes free
> 
> Looks like I should get the upgrade :-)  It is attacking the
> subdirectory!

Hans-Bernhard gave the precisely correct explanation: this is a feature 
(and yet another proof that `ls' is not `dir'!).  "ls foo" where `foo' is 
a directory prints the files in the directory `foo', not `foo' itself.

Try also "ls -ag d*" and "ls -agd d*" for some further insight.