[ale] The "ls" command

Dylan Northrup docx at io.com
Mon Jan 17 16:33:41 EST 2005


A long time ago, (17.01.05), in a galaxy far, far away, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:

:=ls -l shows me this:
:=
:=srw-rw-rw-   1 root     root          0 Jan 17 15:38 log
:=^
:=
:=What's the "s" stand for?
:=The others I know:
:=l = link
:=d = directory
:=- = normal file
:=b = block device
:=c = character device
:=
:=Running FC3

Looking at some cursory googling, 's' seems to indicate a socket.

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