22 Sep
2014
22 Sep
'14
12:36 a.m.
In C5.10 when I do a "ls -al" (or .l as I am lazy) I see:-
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 4 2013 alias
In C6.5 (2.6.32-431.23.3.el6.x86_64) I see:-
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Sep 9 04:26 conf drwxrwxrwt. 4 root root 4096 Sep 21 03:39 tmp drwxr-xr-x. 9 root root 4096 Sep 9 04:26 spool lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 10 Sep 8 21:45 mail -> spool/mail
I have never noticed the "extra dot" before.
QUESTION
What does the extra dot (.) signify ?
Thank you,
Paul
(Supporting Yes for Scotland)