misc/96191: "cat" can display directory contents
Parv
parv at pair.com
Mon Apr 24 14:10:22 UTC 2006
The following reply was made to PR misc/96191; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Parv <parv at pair.com>
To: Bjoern Voigt <bjoern at cs.tu-berlin.de>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: misc/96191: "cat" can display directory contents
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 10:05:23 -0400
in message <200604230850.k3N8oWre066807 at www.freebsd.org>,
wrote Bjoern Voigt thusly...
>
> >Description:
> The FreeBSD's version of "cat" is able to display directory contains:
>
> $ cat /etc
> (garbage)
>
> Solaris (tested with SunOS 5.9) shows the same behavior.
>
> The behavior on directories in not described in the manual page.
>
> >How-To-Repeat:
> $ cat /etc
I personally like this feature.
BTW, a user can edit the directory entries too, at least in vi
included w/ FreeBSD.
> >Fix:
> "cat" from "coreutils" (GNU Linux) refuses to display directory contents.
>
> $ cat /etc
> cat: /etc: Is a directory
As a user i oppose the proposed change, regardless of the weight of my
opinion.
- Parv
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