22 Apr
2016
22 Apr
'16
6:40 p.m.
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 16:05:52 +0000 Richard Mann rmann@ilsworld.com wrote:
What does the "." at the right side of the attributes list mean?
Following the file mode bits is a single character that specifies whether an alternate access method such as an access control list applies to the file. When the character following the file mode bits is a space, there is no alternate access method. When it is a printing character, then there is such a method.
GNU `ls' uses a `.' character to indicate a file with an SELinux security context, but no other alternate access method. A file with any other combination of alternate access methods is marked with a `+' character.
ah, I only had a look at the man page of "ls", but this explanation can be found by
info coreutils 'ls invocation'
I will expand my search to info pages from now on ;(
Sorry for the noise and thanks for your hint!
Gabriele