/bin/ls -C Question

[Guy Harris]

> > Ok, here is my question to the net.  Why does ls -C Sometimes
> > NOT print across the screen?...
> 
> This bug is known to the people at the AT&T hot-line and happens when any
> file name is 14 characters long.  When it will be fixed?????????

It'll probably get fixed when they get around to adopting the 4.2BSD *cum*
IEEE P1003 directory reading library, since that library always
null-terminates file names.  (Yet another argument in favor of that library,
as if there weren't enough good reasons to use it anyway.)
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	Guy Harris
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