From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 31 06:44:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA11743 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 06:44:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from horton.iaces.com ([204.147.87.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA11736 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 06:44:49 -0800 (PST) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA22710; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 08:44:21 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199610311444.IAA22710@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: your mail To: Skynet1@cris.com Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 08:44:21 -0600 (CST) Cc: Questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9610310214.AA29281@mariner.cris.com> from "Skynet1@cris.com" at "Oct 30, 96 09:14:48 pm" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Skynet1@cris.com said: > With the LS command, what isd the number after the permission bits specify? > At sometimes it is a 1 and sometimes 2 or even 5644....what does it mean? > Thanks.. > > >Skynet1@Cris.com It's the number of hard links connected to that file. You could have found this answer much more quickly, had you read the man page. -- Paul T. Root E/Mail: proot@iaces.com 200 S. 5th St. Suite 1100 PAG: +1 (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7370 Minneapolis, MN 55402 WRK: +1 (612) 663-1979 NIC: PTR FAX: +1 (612) 663-8030