[TUHS] V7 ls and dot files?

[Rik Farrow]

I thought so too, but found this reference to a Version 1 mkdir:

https://man.cat-v.org/unix-1st/1/mkdir

I recall reading a Version 6 or 7 man page about mkfs that included the
ability to populate a file system with some directories, and I thought that
implied that users couldn't create directories. The man page referenced
above hints that mkdir is run as the 'system user', presumably root, and
becomes the owner of new directories.

Rik


On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 4:28 AM Jaap Akkerhuis <jaapna at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> I seem to remember that V7 was the first suystem which had a mkdir system
> call. That might have changed what ls -a showed.
>
>         jaap
>
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