On 09/23/2007 03:05 PM, Eric d'Alibut wrote:
[...] Do you have LS_OPTIONS set, or 'ls' aliased?
I apologize for suggesting that aliasing ls to 'ls -X' would give the behavior you want; it does not (but it comes close).
I've never seen ls sort directory names first.
If I may make so bold as to speak for others too, I hate this locale stuff that has descended on us since etch came into the world. Is there a nice dummy-friendly Debian Locale How-To? How, for instance, did you *set* those locale values shown in your post? Go Sox. Best regards,
"Man 5 locale" isn't dummy-friendly, but it describes LC_COLLATE. You can set the default locale by issuing (as root): dpkg-reconfigure localesHowever, changing the locale won't get ls to sort directories first. As you realized earlier, that is a feature of Midnight Commander (mc).