Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 19:52:40 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: proot@horton.iaces.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what are the asterisks for' Message-ID: <199804130052.TAA03480@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <199804110027.TAA10520@epcot.spdc.ti.com> from "kf7nn@mutsgo.dyn.ml.org>" at "Apr 10, 98 07:27:48 pm"
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In a previous message, kf7nn@mutsgo.dyn.ml.org> said: > I noticed these asterisks and was wondering what they mean. > > > > ls > > 00_index.txt* ckdist.man* fips.exe* osbs135.exe* restorrb.exe* > README* dist/ fips15c.tar.gz* osbsbeta.exe* setup.exe* > boot.bin* extipl.exe* gunzip.exe* pfdisk.exe* setup.hlp* > bootinst.exe* fbsdboot.exe* gzip.exe* presizer/ srcs/ > ckdist.exe* fdimage.exe* ide_conf.exe* rawrite.exe* > > > pwd > > Current remote directory: /archive2/FreeBSD/tools > ftp2.freebsd.org /archive2/FreeBSD/tools > ftp2> It means that the file is executable. Which if you look at the files seems kind of silly. I used ncftp to produce this listing. Use the -F command to ls to get similar results. -- "When you don't jump often enough, your physical organism begins to suffer from freefall deficiency." --Skratch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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