SVR2.2 "ls" bug

Larry Lippman larry at kitty.UUCP
Sun Jul 28 14:36:44 AEST 1985


> Bug found on a 3B2 running System V release 2.2 (I don't have any other
> SVR2.2 machines to compare with):
> 
> When using any of the multi-column modes of "ls" (e.g. -x or -C), the column
> spacing is normally (length of longest filename in listing + 2).  However,
> if any of the filenames being listed are the maximum length for a filename
> (14 chars), the column spacing suddenly becomes 44 chars.  On an 80-char-wide
> terminal this means a one-column listing.

Yup.  Same problem.  Same machine.  Same UNIX release.

I do wish this was my most serious Release 2.2 bug, however...

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