netrw plugin: asterisk after filename

[Sylvia Ganush]

Hi.

A quick question, probably with an obvious answer, but I couldn't
find one either in the manual or on the Internet.

In directory listing view the netrw plugin appends an asterisk to
filenames. What does it mean?

Best,

Sylvia

[Charles Campbell]

There are several such appendages...

see :help netrw-getftype

Regards,
C Campbell

[Sylvia Ganush]

Merci, Charles.

Hmm... * = executable? What's executable about foobar.pdf* or foobar.txt*? I can't understand.

Sylvia

[Taylor Hedberg]

Sylvia Ganush, Tue 2013-04-30 @ 18:08:45+0200:

> Hmm... * = executable? What's executable about foobar.pdf* or
> foobar.txt*? I can't understand.

Those files must have the "executable" bit set in your file system, and
netrw is just picking up on that.

As for why the executable bit is set on non-executable files, ask
whatever program stored those files in the first place.

[Charles Campbell]

Additionally, if Sylvia is using Windows and NTFS -- her file(s) may
have ACLs set which (incorrectly) are flagging the file(s) as
executable. There's a way to edit the acl for files; I'm not a Windows
guru, so I'd have to hunt around for how to do it. I've done it before,
though, and haven't found my notes about it yet.

Regards,
C Campbell

[Sylvia Ganush]

On 30 Apr 2013, at 18:22, Charles Campbell <Charles.E...@nasa.gov> wrote:

> Additionally, if Sylvia is using Windows and NTFS -- her file(s) may have ACLs set which (incorrectly) are flagging the file(s) as executable. There's a way to edit the acl for files; I'm not a Windows guru, so I'd have to hunt around for how to do it. I've done it before, though, and haven't found my notes about it yet.

Thank you, gentlemen, for pointing me in the right direction.

It would appear that Mac OS X sets executable bits to all files
when I plug in my FAT32-formatted USB stick. Must be an OS issue,
nothing Vim or netrw related.

Sylvia

[Taylor Hedberg]

Sylvia Ganush, Tue 2013-04-30 @ 20:15:20+0200:

> It would appear that Mac OS X sets executable bits to all files when I
> plug in my FAT32-formatted USB stick. Must be an OS issue, nothing Vim
> or netrw related.

I don't think FAT32 supports file mode bits at all (or, at least not the
"standard" Unix ones). So it's likely not a flaw in OS X, but simply a
limitation of the file system.