straightforward file attribute question

Geminias · 12-05-2007, 07:18 PM

doing ls -la on this one directory I received an output of normal looking files and directories... and then this thing:

Code:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 justin justin    23 2007-12-05 20:14 .#test1.sh -> justin@cpu-justin.11128

What is that? The ".#test1.sh" part was colored in red.

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 12-05-2007, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geminias

doing ls -la on this one directory I received an output of normal looking files and directories... and then this thing:

Code:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 justin justin    23 2007-12-05 20:14 .#test1.sh -> justin@cpu-justin.11128

What is that? The ".#test1.sh" part was colored in red.

Have you been using a tutorial? Maybe it was an example file that you created. Have a look at the files contents.

gilead · 12-05-2007, 08:13 PM

.#test1.sh is a symbolic link to the file justin@cpu-justin.11128 - it is coloured red because it can't find the file justin@cpu-justin.11128. Probably it was deleted if (as {BBI}Nexus{BBI} suggests) you were doing a tutorial.

Geminias · 12-05-2007, 09:01 PM

A tutorial? I use tutorials often but I don't think it applies here... the test1.sh is a test harness for a C program I wrote, and I have absolutely no idea how that #test1.sh file got in there nor do I know how it figures there was ever a file named justin@cpu-justin.11128.

I've been running this script often and doing many modifications on it in emacs... Also I noticed this file is now gone (and I didn't delete it).

Maybe emacs created this weird thing as a backup?