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From: wwells@haven.ios.com (Wallace Weils)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Newbie question re:ls
Date: 23 Dec 1995 19:13:24 GMT
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Why is it when I created a file ".nofinger" it does not appear
when I use the "ls" command? I know it's there because when I
try to edit it or delete it I get the messsage "file already
exists.

From Unix kindergarten, Thanks,
Wallace Wells
wwells@haven.ios.com