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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] What does the "+" signify in ls -l output?

  • Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] What does the "+" signify in ls -l output?
  • From: Vic Gedris <vic [ at ] gedris [ dot ] org>
  • Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 14:38:29 -0500
It means there's an access control list (getfacl / setfacl...).

You're right, the documentation should be way more obvious.  "man ls"
should point to that.

-Vic


Vic Gedris - http://vic.gedris.org
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - http://www.junctiontriangle.ca


On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 2:31 PM, Brett Delmage
<Brett [ at ] twobikes [ dot ] ottawa [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca>wrote:

> I've completely forgotten the meaning of the "+" in ls output  e.g.
>
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> -rw-r-----  1 brett www-data 25007 Jan  7 14:00 logo.jpg
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> and nothing I've RTFM'd or googled seems to show its meaning.
> Anyone?
>
> And what would I man to get an explanation of ls format if I was a newbie?
>
> Brett
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