Rookie file permissions question

Posted by Camran on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Camran
Published on 2010-06-01T18:02:26Z Indexed on 2010/06/01 18:14 UTC
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What is the ending 'r' for and the leading 'd' for in file permissions on Linux?

Example:

drwxr-xr-x

I know about the user, group, others part, and I know w=write, r=read, x=execute.

But I don't know about the leading 'd' and the trailing 'r'.

Care to explain?

Thanks

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Rookie file permissions question

Posted by Camran on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Camran
Published on 2010-06-01T18:02:26Z Indexed on 2010/06/01 18:03 UTC
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What is the ending 'r' for and the leading 'd' for in file permissions on Linux?

Example:

drwxr-xr-x

I know about the user, group, others part, and I know w=write, r=read, x=execute.

But I don't know about the leading 'd' and the trailing 'r'.

Care to explain?

Thanks

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