Re: "c" as 1st attribute

[rpjday <rpjday mindspring com>]

On Sat, 31 Mar 2001, Steven Rubenstein wrote:

> if you do, for instance, ls -aFl in a directory, and an entry shows as
>
> c--------- (where any of the "---"s can be "rwx, " etc.,
>
> what does the "c" mean?

it means it's a "c"haracter special device file, as opposed to a
"b"lock device file.  that just means it refers to a peripheral device
or piece of hardware.  and most of those should be in the /dev
directory, or something very strange is going on.

rday

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