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Date:      Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:09:17 -0500
From:      David J Brooks <daeg@houston.rr.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        David Robillard <davidencavale@hotmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Help clarify the '-l' option of ls(1).
Message-ID:  <200604121209.18529.daeg@houston.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <BAY107-F329581CF499F83C9C27406A6C20@phx.gbl>
References:  <BAY107-F329581CF499F83C9C27406A6C20@phx.gbl>

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On Wednesday 12 April 2006 10:47, David Robillard wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'd like to have an explication about the '-l' (minus L) option of the
> ls(1) command.
> What exactly is the signification of the second column in the display? The
> man page
> states that it is 'the number of links'. But what does it mean exactly?
>
> The man page states:
>
> -l      (The lowercase letter ``ell''.)  List files in the long format,
>      as described in the The Long Format subsection below.
>
> So we check 'The Long Format' section which says:
>
>   The Long Format
>     If the -l option is given, the following information is displayed for
>     each file: file mode, number of links, owner name, group name, MAC
> label [output truncated]
>
> Does anyone know any details about this 'number of links' ???

Take a look at 'man 1 link'.

David
-- 
Sure God created the world in only six days,
but He didn't have an established user-base.



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