showing hidden files by default

[Kevin Kinsey]

Robert Davison wrote:
> I've been running 6.1 RC-1 for a couple of weeks with
> no problem. I've just installed a fresh copy of 6.1
> roduction and when logging in as root am able to see
> (.)hidden files when running the 'ls' command. Is this
> normal, or is there something that I need to change to
> ensuer that the (.) files stay hidden unless i use ls -a
> 
> 
> 		

It's normal.  From ls(1):
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   The following options are available:

      -A      List all entries except for . and ...
Automatically set for the super-user unless -I is specified.

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Kevin Kinsey