>Number:         2484
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       When called as "more", less should not view directories by default
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed May 29 14:50:05 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jake Hamby
>Organization:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
>Release:        1.2_ALPHA
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD slowaris.jpl.nasa.gov 1.2_ALPHA NetBSD 1.2_ALPHA (SLOWARIS) #3: Tue May 28 14:36:18 PDT 1996 hamby@slowaris.jpl.nasa.gov:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/SLOWARIS sparc


>Description:
	
	When called as "more", less will view the contents of a directory inode, instead of printing
"/foo is a directory" and exiting.  I have found no historical version of more (SunOS, Solaris, FreeBSD)
that has this behavior, so it should be changed to conform to "less" default.
>How-To-Repeat:
	
	Type "more /usr" or any other directory name.  It will print garbage (the contents of the directory
inode) instead of "/usr is a directory."
>Fix:
	
Apply the following patch to /usr/src/usr.bin/less/less/main.c

*** main.c.orig	Wed May 29 10:32:01 1996
--- main.c	Wed May 29 10:32:41 1996
***************
*** 104,110 ****
  		scan_option("-E");
  		scan_option("-m");
  		scan_option("-G");
! 		scan_option("-f");
  		scan_option(getenv("MORE"));
  	} else
  		scan_option(getenv("LESS"));
--- 104,110 ----
  		scan_option("-E");
  		scan_option("-m");
  		scan_option("-G");
! 	    /*  scan_option("-f"); /* don't "more" directories by default */
  		scan_option(getenv("MORE"));
  	} else
  		scan_option(getenv("LESS"));
>Audit-Trail:
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