what's with that trailing "." for the mode from "ls -l"

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>
>   i once knew this, really.  what's the explanation of that recent
> introduction of an extra period after the normal mode bits in the
> output from "ls -l"?
>
> rday

  never mind, found it:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_FAQ#Why_does_ls_show_a_dot_.28..29_or_a_plus_.28.2B.29_at_the_end_on_the_file_modes_for_some_files.3F

rday
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