Bug 62050

Summary: lesspipe.sh should handle directories passed to less
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Need Real Name <monte-redhat>
Component: lessAssignee: Karsten Hopp <karsten>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Aaron Brown <abrown>
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Version: 7.2CC: bugzilla, petersen
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Description Need Real Name 2002-03-27 00:28:51 UTC 
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Description of problem:
lesspipe.sh should handle directories in a similar fashion to tarballs, rpm
files, etc.  currently, less gives a "xxx is a directory" error message when it
is trivial to add support for directories to less vi the lesspipe.sh mechanism.

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.less /
	

Actual Results:  / is a directory

Expected Results:  lesspipe.sh should have run `ls -hAlF` through less.

Additional info:
Comment 1 Jens Petersen 2002-05-14 06:00:59 UTC 
Created attachment 57210 [details]
patch
Comment 2 Jens Petersen 2002-05-14 06:02:04 UTC 
the above patch implements this.
Comment 3 Philip Rowlands 2002-05-14 23:56:24 UTC 
I suggested this in #17465, but it was rejected.
Comment 4 Jens Petersen 2002-05-15 01:20:55 UTC 
presumably you mean bug 17456
Comment 5 Karsten Hopp 2002-06-18 23:15:29 UTC 
I've finally added support for directories to less-358-27