file called octal 777 ?

[Hans Buurman]

This is related, but not identical to one of the 'frequently asked questions'.
I am running SunOS 4.0.1.

I've done it again, created a file called ? using elm.
But this time it shows as:

/usr/5bin/ls -bl

-rw-------   1 hans     ph         31181 Mar  8 11:32 \777

I thought \777 was 511, which doesn't fit into a char.
Od-ing the directory shows that the file is called \377.

Bug in ls ?

	Hans

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