funny directory?

[Dazed_75]

Did that and its failure to show any but dhcp3 should have been a
clue.  The answer is that ls /etc/dh* was showing results from
subdirectories as well with no obvious distinction.  This should
clarify it:

root at ldesk:/etc# ls -l dh*
total 28
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1554 2006-09-06 09:00 dhclient.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1566 2005-09-14 17:41 dhclient.conf~
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-07-13 15:03 dhclient-enter-hooks.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-06-07 21:33 dhclient-exit-hooks.d
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8322 2006-05-05 08:02 dhclient-script
root at ldesk:/etc# cd dhcp3/
root at ldesk:/etc/dhcp3# ls -l
total 28
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1554 2006-09-06 09:00 dhclient.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1566 2005-09-14 17:41 dhclient.conf~
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-07-13 15:03 dhclient-enter-hooks.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-06-07 21:33 dhclient-exit-hooks.d
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8322 2006-05-05 08:02 dhclient-script
root at ldesk:/etc/dhcp3# cd dhclient-enter-hooks.d/
root at ldesk:/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d# ls -l
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1018 2005-09-14 17:41 debug
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1326 2005-07-21 11:31 samba
root at ldesk:/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d#

Notice the 1's and 2's before the owner names?  I was checking what
they might be and tried this.  That digit is still unexplained (to me)
but it was the reason I tried this.

I still do not know why Alex saw the space, but am now suspecting it
was never there and only appeared in the handling of the email
somewhere.

On 9/7/06, Kurt Granroth <plug-discuss at granroth.org> wrote:
> Try doing a listing with expansion rather than typing it yourself.  Something
> like:
>
> root at ldesk:~# ls -ld /etc/dh<TAB><TAB>
>
> Do that until it completes the full directory name.
>
> On Thursday 07 September 2006 10:11, Dazed_75 wrote:
> > root at ldesk:~# ls -al /etc/dh*
> > total 40
> > drwxr-xr-x   4 root root 4096 2006-09-06 09:00 .
> > drwxr-xr-x 115 root root 8192 2006-09-07 08:40 ..
> > -rw-r--r--   1 root root 1554 2006-09-06 09:00 dhclient.conf
> > -rw-r--r--   1 root root 1566 2005-09-14 17:41 dhclient.conf~
> > drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 2006-07-13 15:03 dhclient-enter-hooks.d
> > drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 2006-06-07 21:33 dhclient-exit-hooks.d
> > -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root 8322 2006-05-05 08:02 dhclient-script
> > root at ldesk:~# ls -ald /etc/dh*
> > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2006-09-06 09:00 /etc/dhcp3
> > root at ldesk:~# ls -ald /etc/dhclient-enter-hooks.d
> > ls: /etc/dhclient-enter-hooks.d: No such file or directory
> > root at ldesk:~# ls -al /etc/dhclient-enter-hooks.d
> > ls: /etc/dhclient-enter-hooks.d: No such file or directory
> > root at ldesk:~# ls -alF /etc/dhclient-enter-hooks.d
> > ls: /etc/dhclient-enter-hooks.d: No such file or directory
> > root at ldesk:~# ls -alF /etc/dh*
> > total 40
> > drwxr-xr-x   4 root root 4096 2006-09-06 09:00 ./
> > drwxr-xr-x 115 root root 8192 2006-09-07 08:40 ../
> > -rw-r--r--   1 root root 1554 2006-09-06 09:00 dhclient.conf
> > -rw-r--r--   1 root root 1566 2005-09-14 17:41 dhclient.conf~
> > drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 2006-07-13 15:03 dhclient-enter-hooks.d/
> > drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4096 2006-06-07 21:33 dhclient-exit-hooks.d/
> > -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root 8322 2006-05-05 08:02 dhclient-script*
> > root at ldesk:~#
> >
> > oh, and
> >
> > root at ldesk:~# ls --version
> > ls (GNU coreutils) 5.93
> > Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms
> > of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
> > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> >
> > Written by Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie.
> >
> > root at ldesk:~#
> >
> > On 9/7/06, Jeremy C. Reed <reed at reedmedia.net> wrote:
> > > > > root at ldesk:/etc# ls -lF dh*
> > > > > total 28
> > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1554 2006-09-06 09:00 dhclient.conf
> > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1566 2005-09-14 17:41 dhclient.conf~
> > > > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-07-13 15:03 dhclient-enter-hooks.d/
> > > > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-06-07 21:33 dhclient-exit-hooks.d/
> > > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8322 2006-05-05 08:02 dhclient-script*
> > > > > root at ldesk:/etc# cd dhclient-enter-hooks.d/
> > > > > -su: cd: dhclient-enter-hooks.d/: No such file or directory
> > > > > root at ldesk:/etc# ls -al dhclient-enter-hooks.d
> > > > > ls: dhclient-enter-hooks.d: No such file or directory
> > > > > root at ldesk:/etc#
> > >
> > > I wonder if this is caused by your version of "ls". (Maybe it is really
> > > in a subdirectory? Normally the directory names are displayed also in
> > > that case, so this is just a guess.)
> > >
> > > What happens when you add "-d" switch to your "ls" command?
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