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What does mean the @ (at) on unix access right?

I have looked but it seems I did not found any question like mine. I would like to know what does mean the @ (at sign) on UNIX repository like as follow:

MacBook-de-Blouz:twentyfifteen ratinahirana$ ll
total 1136
-rwxrwxrwx@  1 ratinahirana  staff  376628 28 oct  2014 screenshot.png
-rwxrwxrwx@  1 ratinahirana  staff    1313 19 nov  2014 sidebar.php
-rwxrwxrwx@  1 ratinahirana  staff     902 19 nov  2014 page.php
-rwxrwxrwx@  1 ratinahirana  staff    1765 11 déc 09:24 index.php
-rwxrwxrwx@  1 ratinahirana  staff    1914 11 déc 09:24 archive.php

NOTE: I know the 777 is dirty ^^

Solution

  • The @ symbol which you get from ll command (alias of ls -l) indicates which the file has extended attributes.

    Wikipedia:

    Extended file attributes are file system features 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) [...]

    You can use the command: xattr -l <filename> to show these attributes.

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