Re: ls default time style

[Markus Kuhn]

Paul Jarc wrote on 2001-12-11 18:58 UTC:
> Emacs would parse the information out of the POSIX format, and then
> format it for the current locale just as ls would have.  Other
> options: call ls twice, once in the current locale, for display, and
> once in POSIX, for parsing; or scrap ls and use directory-files and
> file-attributes.

Calling ls TWICE? Why does Emacs have to call "ls" AT ALL? Why not use
the relevant POSIX.1 API calls for reading directories?

Markus

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Markus G. Kuhn, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
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