-rwxr-xr-x@ meaning
Assuming you're using OS X (newer than 10.4), the @
symbol denotes the file has extended attributes associated with it. (See Stewie's answer for detail.)
To list the extended attribute, use
ls -l@
From the man page for ls
:
-@ Display extended attribute keys and sizes in long (-l) output.
You should see something like the following -
(somesystem):~ user$ ls -al@ /
...
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 root wheel 204 Sep 27 12:00 private
com.apple.FinderInfo 32
If you need to dig deeper than that, use xattr -l
The "@" sign -- which is not documented in the manual page for ls(1) indicates that the file has extended attributes. You can use the command 'xattr -l ' to show them
Quote from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_file_attributes
Extended file attributes is a file system feature that enables users to associate computer files with metadata not interpreted by the filesystem, whereas regular attributes have a purpose strictly defined by the filesystem (such as permissions or records of creation and modification times).