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ls -la symbolics… what does that last symbol mean?

Being unable to access my localhost via Parallels, I've found that the folder to which I was trying to access has permissions attributed drwxr-xr-x@ and so all of its files and subdirectories.

Mind the @ symbol. What does it mean?

I've also discovered that using mkdir creates permissions without the @ symbol. These directories ARE accessible to the VM. I generally suspect the @.

Your ideas?

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duplicate: superuser.com/questions/66722/… – ghoppe Oct 17 '10 at 23:08
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The @ indicates extended attributes on the file. These are arbitrary metadata associated with a file. Use xattr -l filename to view it.

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ls -l@ will also show the extended attribute names (but not the data associated with them). – Gordon Davisson Oct 18 '10 at 0:11
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It means that the file or directory has extended attributes.

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Thanks. I got it: xahlee.org/comp/OS_X_extended_attributes_xattr.html – Konzepz Oct 17 '10 at 23:09
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