Re: Another problem with ls ...

[Alex <garbanzo at hooked dot net>]

On Sun, 5 Oct 1997, Bizzaro 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?
> 
> 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.

Tried what?  The drive mapping or the unc pathname?  What type of network
was the erronous drive mounted with?

- alex

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