The '*' indicates that the file is an executable or has the 'executable' bit set (ie, rwx or r-x). The '@' indicates that it is a link to a different file, located in a different directory.
Michael -- Michael Viron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Project Manager / Primary Developer / Schoolforge Representative General Education Online At 04:48 PM 02/17/2002 +1300, Walter Logeman wrote: >Hi, > >What do the * and the @ denote after a file - as in the >following listing: > >998 walter@psybernet:/sbin (04:45:25) >$ ls >agetty* ether-wake* ifup* killall5* > mkfs.msdos@ > > >-- >Walter Logeman >Psychotherapist >http://www.psybernet.co.nz > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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