Leopard's ls

[Justin C. Walker]

On Nov 9, 2007, at 08:27 , LuKreme wrote:

> Ran across something interesting when doing an ls in the shell:
>
> 0 drwxrwxr-x@
> 0 drwxrwxr-x@
> 0 drwxrwxr-x
> 0 drwxrwxr-x
> 0 drwxrwxr-x+
>
> From the man page:
>
> If the file or directory has extended attributes, the permissions  
> field printed by the -l option is followed by a '@' character.   
> Otherwise, if the file or directory has extended security  
> information, the permissions field printed by the -l option is  
> followed by a '+' character.
>
> so, what exactly do 'extended attributes' and 'extended security  
> information' mean? Are we talking about ACLs?

Try 'man GetFileInfo'; that may provide something useful.

Justin

--
Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon-At-Large
Institute for the Enhancement of the Director's Income
--------
Experience is what you get
   when you don't get what you want.
--------