From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 12 17:53:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA29382 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 17:53:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA29339 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 17:53:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA03480; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 19:52:40 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199804130052.TAA03480@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: what are the asterisks for' To: proot@horton.iaces.com Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 19:52:40 -0500 (CDT) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199804110027.TAA10520@epcot.spdc.ti.com> from "kf7nn@mutsgo.dyn.ml.org>" at "Apr 10, 98 07:27:48 pm" X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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