NAME

bifls − list contents of BIF directories

SYNOPSIS

bifls [−AadFilp] [device:names ...]
bifll [−AadFilp] [device:names ...]

DESCRIPTION

bifls is intended to mimic ls(1).

A BIF file name is recognized by the embedded colon (:) delimiter (see bif(4) 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. 

For users with appropriate privileges, bifls defaults to listing all files except .  (current directory) and ..  (parent directory).  If the command name bifll is used, the −l option is implied. 

The following options are recognized by 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 users with appropriate privileges, 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 a BIF directory structure exists on the HP-UX device file /dev/rdsk/1s0. 

List all the files in the root directory of the BIF directory structure:

bifls −a /dev/rdsk/1s0:

Give (in long format) all the information about the BIF directory /users/root itself (but not the files in the directory):

bifls −ld /dev/rdsk/1s0:/users/root

WARNINGS

Remember that to obtain a listing of BIF files on /dev/rdsk/1s0, a colon is required at the end of the device name.  In other words, bifls /dev/rdsk/1s0 does not work; use bifls /dev/rdsk/1s0: instead.  If the colon is omitted, bifls produces a listing of the HP-UX file /dev/rdsk/1s0, not its BIF contents. 

AUTHOR

bifls was developed by HP. 

FILES

/etc/passwd user IDs

/etc/group group IDs

SEE ALSO

bif(4), ls(1). 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 8.05: June 1991