Re: /usr/bin/ls /usr/ucb/ls /usr/local/bin/ls

From: Paul Eggert (eggert_at_twinsun.com)
Date: 07/31/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 18:14:28 -0700

At Fri, 30 Jul 2004 21:55:54 +0000 (UTC), Alan Coopersmith <alanc@alum.calberkeley.org> writes:

> /usr/local/bin/ls does not come with the OS, so it's whatever you've
> installed locally (likely GNU ls).

There are two other 'ls' implementations too, at least in Solaris 9:

/usr/bin/sparcv9/ls -- 64-bit ls
/usr/xpg4/bin/ls -- POSIX-compatible ls

You might want to be using /usr/bin/sparcv9/ls on any modern Sparc
system with a 64-bit OS, as it should handle files with large
timestamps correctly; /usr/bin/ls doesn't. I hope the Opteron-based
systems will also have a 64-bit 'ls', whenever their 64-bit OSes are
released.

Or you could build and install a 64-bit GNU "ls" as /usr/local/bin/ls
(which would be even better :-).

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