Re: prwxr-xr-x

[John Corey <whoop@mtco.com>]

Tesla Coil wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 14 Jan 1999 charles@lunargraphics.net wrote:
> 
> > What exactly does this "p" stand for?
> 
> I poked around LDP files, looked at some books I have,
> and that's a *good* question.  I know that it signifies file
> type, that "l" means "link,"  that "d" means "directory."
> Device files are often preceded by a "b" or a "c."  One of
> the few statements I found on the topic:  "There are also
> some other more exotic classes.  These are beyond the scope
> of this chapter."  Thanks, and every other chapter evidently.
> 
> Anybody know of a full list of these?

I believe it's a named pipe, or some kinda pipe.  Assuming you have the
write permission it should delete.  Or use the fuser command (as root)
and find out what process is using the pipe, then kill that.  And then
try deleting it.

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