Help with file permissions

[boblucci]

Does any one know what the "c" stands for when setting file permissions?

example...

when you ls -l, it displays the permissions on that file like this
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 13666 Apr 11 00:37 filename

now i know the - is for a file and "d" is for a directory but what does the "c" stand for?

I cant find it any where, does anyone know?

[pbharris]

that should be for a charactor device.


oh yea - there is a good pet on this:
http://www.linuxjunior.org/cgi-bin/p...play&id=67

[Rastar]

[quote author=pbharris link=board=1;threadid=6850;start=0#63980 date=1050675146]
that should be for a charactor device.


oh yea - there is a good pet on this:
http://www.linuxjunior.org/cgi-bin/p...play&id=67
[/quote]

PB your so smart ;D

I just knew they had to be set never thought about what they were for ;D

[boblucci]

[quote author=pbharris link=board=1;threadid=6850;start=0#63980 date=1050675146]
that should be for a charactor device.


oh yea - there is a good pet on this:
http://www.linuxjunior.org/cgi-bin/p...play&id=67
[/quote]

Thank you !!