On Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 10:56:27AM +0200, Denis Bodor wrote: > On Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 09:43:27AM +0200, tomas.ri...@tutanota.com wrote: > > I would expect that without the 'x' bit, the directory is not searchable > > and I won't be able to list its contents. But in fact I can, unless I > > use a long format (-l, -g or -n). > > > > Can someone please explain the above behaviour? Thank you. Tom > > Very roughly... > The list of files in a directory is information about the directory. > If you chmod -r my-test-dir, this information will no longer be available, > for example. > The file size is information about the files themselves; to read it, you > need to be in the directory. But as you can't, it's unreadable. > > -- > Denis >
It's a bit more complicated than that AFAICT. Although I can reproduce this inside /tmp, the behaviour is not consistent. If I try to ls the folder on a different shell -- e.g. a different terminal, or after exiting script(1) -- the files aren't shown. Also, if I rm -rf the folder and recreate it (i.e. reuse the name) the files also aren't shown the second time around. --
