[GRLUG] What's the diff?

[L. V. Lammert]

If one does an ls on a symbolic link in BSD, it shows the files at the
destination of that link; if one does an ls on a symbolic link on a
current Linux system it shows the *link*, not the contents where the link
points [assuming a directory, .. have not tried a file link].

Something has changed in the Linux builds in the past few years [testing
on an old CentOS box acts as expected]. What is the philosophy behind the
change, and how would one show files at the target of a symlink now?

	Thanks!

	Lee