what does . mean? (ls command output)

[Jason L Tibbitts III]

>>>>> "TH" == Tom Horsley <tom.horsley at att.net> writes:

TH> Neither the man page nor the info file for ls mention this dot
TH> that I can find.

>From the info page:

     GNU `ls' uses a `.' character to indicate a file with an SELinux
     security context, but no other alternate access method.

 - J<