Hi,

Solaris 10
x86


Im just wondering why the following file does not show which file it is linked to, it only show -->


root@pimpking {/proc/12971] #ls -la
total 3610
dr-x--x--x 5 root root 864 Jun 12 15:21 .
dr-xr-xr-x 60 root root 125632 Jun 12 15:25 ..
-rw------- 1 root root 1683456 Jun 12 15:21 as
-r-------- 1 root root 168 Jun 12 15:21 auxv
dr-x------ 2 root root 32 Jun 12 15:21 contracts
-r-------- 1 root root 72 Jun 12 15:21 cred
--w------- 1 root root 0 Jun 12 15:21 ctl
lr-x------ 1 root root 0 Jun 12 15:21 cwd ->
dr-x------ 2 root root 8208 Jun 12 15:21 fd


root@pimpking {/proc/12971/cwd] #ls -l
lr-x------ 1 root root 0 Jun 12 15:21 . ->
root@pimpking {/proc/12971/cwd]

Is it a dead link ?



And another question, is there any easy way to get colors with ls command in Solaris, or do i haveto install lscolor ?


Ole

Although they do not show the target name, these links do actually point to the expected targets (current working directory and directory root for the process), this is a feature of the Solaris procfs filesystem.

From the OpenSolaris source code /usr/src/uts/common/fs/proc/prvnops.c:
/*
* There are 4 special files in the path directory: ".", "..",
* "root", and "cwd". We handle those specially here.
*/

You can check the links with "ls -Lid" and verify the inode match the expected one.

The "pwdx <pid>" command can be used to see where cwd points.

You need to install lscolor if you want this (annoying?) feature.

Thanks for clearing my mind...


I like ls with color, used this allways with Linux. Makes it easier for newbies to see whats links, dir, files etc, with just the ls command, and not ls -l


Ole