when a file with "S" attribute set is modified, the changes are written
synchronously on the disk. This is equivallent to 'sunc' mount option
applied to a subset of files.
(man chattrib)
Vijay
Sunil Thomas Thonikuzhiyil wrote:
>
> Hello
> My ls -l listing shows lines like this
> drwx--S--- 5 sunil sunil 4096 Dec 13 09:21 Desktop/
> drwxr-sr-x 5 sunil sunil 4096 Aug 24 07:28 GNUstep/
> I know s bit is suid on files and x permission on directory allows you to traverse.
>But what does s and S mean on directories also what is the difference between S and s
> sunil
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