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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: coreutils-6.10-1
On Apr 14 21:17, Eric Blake wrote:
> Eric Blake <ebb9 <at> byu.net> writes:
>
> > The cost of stat'ing a known symlink (which may involve spinning up a disk or
> > doing a network access) just to color its target was deemed too expensive for
> > the default. Coreutils 6.11 is due out this week, with no change in
> behavior,
> > but perhaps for 6.12, upstream can add a option to dircolors/ls that requests
> > coloring symlink targets in spite of the increased cost of the stat.
> >
>
> Also, you can use ls -F to force the stat, and hence the coloring.
Using -F is ok for the time being. While the extra stat call is a big
performance hit, it's also helpful to identify dangling symlinks. Not
that all uncolored symlinks are dangling but the coloring confines the
selection...
Thanks for your confirmation,
Corinna
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