Subject: static ls

From: [email-masked] (Brent Balfanz)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 07:55:18 -0500

hi all,

acouple of quick questions.

1) what is a static 'ls'?

2) will it help me with the following problem?

the problem is the output of 'ls -al'.  I guess we don't want to
show the '.' or the '..' directories.  how would this be accomplished
(can it be accomplished)?

fhut# ftp ftp_server
Connected to ftp_server.
220 fhut2 FTP server (Version wu-2.4(1) Tue Mar 12 10:52:53 CST 1996) ready.
Name ftp_server:root): user1
331 Password required for user1.
Password:
230 User user1 logged in.  Access restrictions apply.
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list.
.plan
alert_pov005.log
226 Transfer complete.
25 bytes received in 0.0046 seconds (5.3 Kbytes/s)
ftp> ls -al
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
total 5955
drwx------  2 user1        512 Apr 15 16:44 .
d--x--x--x 10 root         512 Apr  4 17:26 ..
-rw-rw-r--  1 user1         47 Apr 15 16:35 .plan
-rw-rw-r--  1 user1    6082341 Apr 15 16:44 alert_pov005.log
226 Transfer complete.
remote: -al
224 bytes received in 0.0062 seconds (35 Kbytes/s)
ftp> 

thanks much,			brent balfanz