What does the "@" mean....

[mac2x]

....at the end of some permission strings?

-rwxr-xr-x@

I hadn't ever really noticed it before, but I can't say as I've seen it on any of my VMs (Ubuntu, FreeBSD, OpenSolaris).

A few internet searches turned up nothing. 😕

Thanks!

 

[robbieduncan]

Did you consider the ls man page? It should have been your first port of call:

If the file or directory has extended attributes, the permissions field printed by the -l option is followed by a '@' character

 

[mac2x]

Why use the man pages when one can come to MR and get sarcastic answers from the Demi Gods? 😛

Yes, I forgot to look there. Thanks anyway. 😉