Re: filutils 4.1

[Eric Blake]

fileutils-4.1 is quite old; it has since merged with sh-utils
and textutils to become coreutils 5.96.

> 
> I modified the source code for ls.c to add a new switch [-Z], which shows
> the abosulte full path with each item printed.  This has been very
> useful for me, especially when combined with -1R.  Just wondering if
> you would like my source updates to ls.c.  

Thanks for the idea.  However, the entry bar for adding new
options to ls is VERY high, especially if it burns another short
option letter.  You are welcome to post your patch, but unless
it adds only a long option (you can use aliases or abbreviations
to save typing), and is against CVS head, which will become
coreutils 6.0, it has little chance of acceptance upstream.  That
said, there is nothing stopping you from continuing to use it
yourself - after all, that is one of the benefits of open source
software.

Also, have you looked into the find utility, part of the findutils
package?  It can already do what you are looking for, which is
recursively printing filenames with absolute paths.

-- 
Eric Blake