On 09/23/2013 01:13 PM, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA issued this
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On 23/09/13 15:05, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
I spent the last half hour googling with no success. What does the "b"
mean and how is it controlled?
[root@box10 bobg]# ll /dev/sdb*
brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 16 Sep 23 14:36 /dev/sdb
brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 17 Sep 23 14:36 /dev/sdb1
Bob
Perhaps I did not make that clear, I refer to the the "b" in "brw-rw----."
The first character in an "ls -l" is the type of file. From the info
page (info ls...navigate to "What information is listed"):
The file type is one of the following characters:
'-' regular file
'b' block special file
'c' character special file
'C' high performance ("contiguous data") file
'd' directory
'D' door (Solaris 2.5 and up)
'l' symbolic link
'M' off-line ("migrated") file (Cray DMF)
'n' network special file (HP-UX)
'p' FIFO (named pipe)
'P' port (Solaris 10 and up)
's' socket
'?' some other file type
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