Re: Another problem with ls ...

[Bizzaro <kunglao at prairienet dot org>]

Alex wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 3 Oct 1997, Tony Graham wrote:
> 
> > I have a different problem with ls:  a "ls -l" of a directory on a
> > remote disk mounted using "Map Network Drive..." from the Windows 95
> > "Windows Explorer" returns rather odd numbers for the file sizes.  The
> > DOS "dir" command, however, returns the right file sizes.
> 
> I _think_ it is a known problem that network drives do strange things to
> GNU-Win32. I don't know of any fixes at the moment.  Does the unc mapping
> give you the same errors?
> 
> - alex

I just tried it, mapping to my Linux box with samba.  It reports the correct
file sizes.  Perhaps it is more with whatever type of system you are connecting
to.
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