Explain the "@" symbol in this permissions example

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I have a file on my Darwin system and the permissions are:

-rwxr-xr-x@

User: read, write, execute Group: read, execute Other: read, execute

What is the 11th notation the @ mean?

In addition to this, I was led to believe that files/directories only had 10 places for their permissions? This, including the missing d from the front, would make 11.

See the duplicate that Stephane references. It has everything you need to know. Also see wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_file_attributes — slm, Jan 26 '14 at 14:58

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 26 '14 at 13:04

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@ means there are "extended attributes".

answered Jan 26 '14 at 13:04

Avinash Raj

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Explain the "@" symbol in this permissions example

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