Re: FYI: new module: fprintftime

[Jim Meyering]

address@hidden (James Youngman) wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 04:22:06PM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> I've just checked in the files that complete the
>> implementation of the new fprintftime module.
>> In coreutils, both date and du now use fprintftime.
>
> Any plan to have 'ls' do so too?  Of course there is the problem that
> the format changes.

No.  ls handles the problem a little differently.
It enforces a maximum buffer length of 1000 bytes, which
is probably more appropriate in this case.
Otherwise, you'd be able to make an ftp server generate way
too much network traffic with a few simple `dir' commands.