I'm using Sun Solaris and I find that if I cd to one particular directory and do an ls, no files are listed.   It doesn't matter what options I use on the ls command (I've tried -l, -f, -a).   Adding an argument like a filename or directory makes no difference.

However, if I do cd .. and then list the directory using "ls dirname", I can see all the files.  Likewise, if I cd to a subdirectory and do ls .., it's fine.   The ID I'm using owns the directory but not most of the files in it.   If I log in to the account which does own the files, the ls works correctly.

Protections on the directory seem reasonable.   It's drwxrwxr-x and the fles are mostly -rwxrwxr-x.   The two IDs are in the same group, so should be able to see each other's files.   I suppose it must be a problem with protections but it's odd that I seem to be able to list the contents from outside the directory but not when I'm in it.

 

This may be a silly question, but is there a file named ls in the directory in question?
And what is your $PATH variable?

Yes, that's it.   I just did an "rm -ls" and it now works fine.   I should have thought of that !

 

Well guessed hoinz!

Dagon, you should probably remove '.' from your PATH as it is risky for reasons like you just discovered.

Annihilannic.