Subject: Re: CVS commit: src
To: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: source-changes
Date: 10/27/1998 00:26:16
Simon Burge writes:
> > shouldn't this simply be consistant with ls(1)?
> 
> Yes and no - I looked at this, but ls(1) has some smarts to autosize
> columns which is really not practical in find(1) without parsing the
> whole tree and then redisplaying everything.  So I just went for column
> widths that suit the types of files we have around here...

I mention it only because one of my big pet peves is ls(1) and 
find -ls being out of sync. Maybe we should libraryize the ls(1) code
or something? I'd really prefer to see these consistant...

> 
> Simon.
> --
> > Simon Burge writes:
> > > Module Name:	src
> > > Committed By:	simonb
> > > Date:		Tue Oct 27 04:53:03 UTC 1998
> > > 
> > > Modified Files:
> > > 	src/usr.bin/find: ls.c
> > > Log Message:
> > > For -ls output, change field widths to allow inodes up to 9,999,999 and
> > > file sizes up to 999,999,999 bytes (and 999,999 blocks) without wobbly
> > > lines.  Also change device minor/major to be 3/5 digits (current maximum
> > > is 4/7 digits - the 3/5 split is arbitary).