On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 11:07:11AM -0500, Derek Mahar wrote: >To what does the plus sign '+' refer at the end of the list of file >permissions in a Cygwin directory listing (for example, -rw-rw-rw-+)? >I'm unfamiliar with this permission since I've never seen it in either >Solaris or Linux directory listings. Using bash or Windows Explorer, >how do I enable or disable this file permission? > >Once or twice, after having changed NTFS file permissions, I've seen the >plus sign '+' disappear, but I don't know exactly how I did it, what >permission(s) I changed, or how to repeat the process.
The command for finding out about 'ls' is 'info ls'. I haven't checked but I'm sure that it must talk about what the fields it displays mean. Probably just a search for a '+' is all that is required. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
