From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 17:49:45 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: ls now exits with status 1 on minor problems, 2 if serious trouble.
X-Git-Tag: v5.3.0~160
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c3b2c15cfee3be491e39ebea9d7fcbf8d91036a2;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

ls now exits with status 1 on minor problems, 2 if serious trouble.
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2a59c0f2ff..26b1e2514b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   echo -e '\xHH' now outputs a byte whose hexadecimal value is HH,
   for compatibility with bash.
 
+  ls now exits with status 1 on minor problems, 2 if serious trouble.
+
   ls has a new --hide=PATTERN option that behaves like
   --ignore=PATTERN, except that it is overridden by -a or -A.
   This can be useful for aliases, e.g., if lh is an alias for