BIFLS(1)
NAME
bifls − list contents of BIF directories
SYNOPSIS
bifls [ −AadFilp ] [ device:names... ]
bifll [ −AadFilp ] [ device:names... ]
HP-UX COMPATIBILITY
Level: HP-UX/NUCLEUS
Origin: HP
DESCRIPTION
Bifls is intended to mimic ls(1).
A BIF file name is recognized by the embedded colon (:) delimiter (see bif(5) for BIF file naming conventions).
For each directory named, bifls lists the contents of that directory; for each file named, bifls repeats its name and any other information requested.
If you are the super-user, bifls defaults to listing all files except . (current directory) and .. (parent directory). If invoked by the name bifll, the -l option is implied.
There are several options to bifls:
−a List all entries; in the absence of this option, entries whose names begin with a period (.) are not listed.
−A The same as −a, except that the current directory "." and parent directory ".." are not listed. For the super-user, this flag defaults to ON, and is turned off by −A.
−d If argument is a directory, list only its name; often used with −l to get the status of a directory.
−F List with indicator of file type: / means a directory, * means executable...
−i List the inode of a file or files
−l List in long format, giving mode, number of links, owner, group, size in bytes, and time of last modification for each file
−p Do not use /etc/passwd and /etc/group to interpret user and group ownership, but rather print out the numeric form.
EXAMPLES
The examples that follow assume that an BIF directory structure exists on the HP-UX device file /dev/fd.0.
The first example will list all the files in the root directory of the BIF directory structure:
bifls −a /dev/fd.0:
The second example gives (in long format) all the information about the BIF directory /users/root itself (but not the files in the directory):
bifls −ld /dev/fd.0:/users/root
FILES
/etc/passwd to get user ids.
/etc/group to get group ids.
NOTE
Remember, to obtain a listing of the BIF files on /dev/fd, you must not say bifls /dev/fd but you must include the colon, as in bifls /dev/fd:. If the colon is omitted, you get a listing of the HP-UX file /dev/fd, not its BIF contents.
SEE ALSO
Hewlett-Packard — last mod. May 11, 2021