Re: Precise format of symbolic permissions

[David Both]

Have you read the man page for ls? The -d option is described quite
concisely.

This link, https://www.both.org/?p=7999, will take you to a page on my
web site that describes file permissions.

That link will not be active until 01:01EDT USA tomorrow morning,
Saturday October 12. You'll get an error before that time.

I hope this helps.

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On Fri, 11 Oct 2024, Anselm Schüler wrote:

> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 06:21:53
> From: Anselm Schüler <mail@anselmschueler.com>
> To: coreutils@gnu.org
> Subject: Precise format of symbolic permissions
>
> Hi!
>
> Is there documentation on the precise format of symbolic permissions shown by 
> ls and stat?
>
> The documentation for ls isn't very precise and I've seen ls print things this doesn't 
> explain*, and the stat documentation says the format is "similar to" ls -ld, 
> and I can't even find what -d does with ls.
>
> *that ls might've not been coreutils actually, now that I think about it. still 
> a bit imprecise
>
> Is there a full description? Or is the only option to read the source?
>
> Anselm Schüler