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Re: OT: What does '@' in file permissions mean?
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Re: OT: What does '@' in file permissions mean?


  • Subject: Re: OT: What does '@' in file permissions mean?
  • From: Simon Wilson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:09:44 +0200

Rob,

'@' indicates that the file has been assigned extended attributes.

See xattr --help for more info (my Leopard installation doesn't have a manpage for xattr...)

Also see man ls.

Regards,
Simon

On Apr 30, 2008, at 01:00:53, Rob Lockstone wrote:

Apologies for the off-topic post, but I haven't been able to find the answer to this.

What does the '@' mean in a file's permissions? I see this on some files and it appears random to me.

-rwxr-xr--@  1 ronin  admin    1536 Jan 11  2007 clrPortCache

I've also seen an addition sign '+' as well.

Where can I find a cheat sheet of "non-standard" permission characters and what they mean?

I don't recall seeing this in OS X versions prior to Leopard, but maybe I just wasn't paying attention.

Rob

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