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Old 03-28-2013, 09:17 PM   #1
mett23
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@ character in directory or command listing


Hi,

I'm wondering what is the meaning of the @ character when you're listing directories or as the result of a command like netstat.
For example: "@/var/run/hald/"

Is that a kind of symbolic link reference or socket?
Or is it a kind of temporary process which will disappear?

I couldn't find it on the net, the ascii charset says it means a nul character but I don't think it is related.

I was wondering where I should look for it.

10x!
 
Old 03-28-2013, 09:37 PM   #2
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Hi,

if you are using 'ls -F' then a "@" at the *end* of the filename indicates that it is a symlink. I'm not familiar with seeing a "@" *before* the filename. You can get more information about the files you are looking at using 'ls -l'.

HTH,

Evo2.
 
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Old 03-28-2013, 10:59 PM   #3
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Those are actually socket files:
Code:
~$ ls -l @/var/run/hald/
ls: cannot access @/var/run/hald/: No such file or directory
~$ ls -l /var/run/hald/
srwxrwxrwx ------------ /var/run/hald/
~$ file /var/run/hald/
/var/run/hald/: socket
As far as I am concerned, '@' before filename is just a pointer that points to a particular port.
 
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Old 03-29-2013, 09:53 PM   #4
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thanks a lot!
 
  


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