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Problem Fixed.

IY79763: LS PRODUCES OUTPUT WITH EXTRANEOUS CHARACTERS

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APAR status
Closed as program error.

Error description

ls -l produces invalid output when listing status for large
directories.
This problem was fixed via IY42900 but later regressed.
This affects not only the -l flag, but also flags that
are related to the -l flag (-e, -g, -n, -o, and -U).

Local fix

Problem summary

ls -l produces invalid output when listing status for large
directories.

Problem conclusion

Initialization of the lbuf structure to zero so that the
garbage returned from previous memory allocations can be
avoided.

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR information
APAR number IY79763
Reported component name AIX 5.3
Reported component ID 5765G0300
Reported release 530
Status CLOSED PER
PE NoPE
HIPER NoHIPER
Submitted date 2005-12-13
Closed date 2006-03-21
Last modified date 2008-07-16

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Publications Referenced

Fix information
Fixed component name AIX 5.3
Fixed component ID 5765G0300

Applicable component levels
R530 PSY U498648 UP06/08/11 I 1000

PTF to Fileset Mapping
U498648 bos.rte.commands 5.3.0.50