Thanks for mentioning that. I installed the following patch.
(Come to think of it, the set of letters should be updated,
but that's a different patch.)
2006-04-12 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* coreutils.texi (What information is listed): Document 'ls'
type letters. Problem reported by Lincoln Martin.
--- coreutils.texi 12 Apr 2006 07:47:11 -0000 1.322
+++ coreutils.texi 13 Apr 2006 04:01:47 -0000 1.323
@@ -5772,10 +5772,42 @@ bytes, but this can be overridden (@pxre
The @var{blocks} computed counts each hard link separately;
this is arguably a deficiency.
+The file type is one of the following characters:
+
[EMAIL PROTECTED] @samp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -
+regular file
[EMAIL PROTECTED] b
+block special file
[EMAIL PROTECTED] c
+character special file
[EMAIL PROTECTED] C
+high performance (``contiguous data'') file
[EMAIL PROTECTED] d
+directory
[EMAIL PROTECTED] D
+door
[EMAIL PROTECTED] l
+symbolic link
[EMAIL PROTECTED] @item m
[EMAIL PROTECTED] multiplexed character special file (7th edition Unix;
obsolete)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] M
+off-line (``migrated'') file (Cray DMF)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] n
+network special file (HP-UX)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] p
+FIFO (named pipe)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] s
+socket
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ?
+some other file type
[EMAIL PROTECTED] table
+
@cindex permissions, output by @command{ls}
The file mode bits listed are similar to symbolic mode specifications
(@pxref{Symbolic Modes}). But @command{ls} combines multiple bits into the
third character of each set of permissions as follows:
+
@table @samp
@item s
If the setuid or setgid bit and the corresponding executable bit
@@ -6065,6 +6097,7 @@ like @option{-F}, except that executable
@opindex --indicator-style
Append a character indicator with style @var{word} to entry names,
as follows:
+
@table @samp
@item none
Do not append any character indicator; this is the default.
@@ -6311,6 +6344,7 @@ in C.
Use style @var{word} to quote file names and other strings that may
contain arbitrary characters. The @var{word} should
be one of the following:
+
@table @samp
@item literal
Output strings as-is; this is the same as the @option{-N} or
@@ -6745,6 +6779,7 @@ heuristic and makes the corresponding ou
Only regular files may be sparse.
The @var{when} value can be one of the following:
+
@table @samp
@item auto
The default behavior: if the input file is sparse, attempt to make
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