0

Looked around for what the following means:

-rw-r--r--+ Filea.a

The above file in OSX can not be removed with sudo rm -rf.

Operation not permitted

What does the "+" signify? How does one remove such a file?

paulj
  • 228
  • 2
  • 6
  • 3
    Can you [edit](https://unix.stackexchange.com/posts/572542/edit) your post to include the error message you get when trying to remove the file? As for your second question, the `+` character indicates that an [access control list (ACL)](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/347836/view-extended-acl-for-a-file-with-in-ls-l-output) has been defined for the file. – AdminBee Mar 12 '20 at 16:04
  • ls -le Files.a 0: group:everyone deny write,delete,append,writeattr,writeextattr,chown – paulj Mar 12 '20 at 16:41

1 Answers1

-1

The + indicates you have acl on the file. do this command 

getfacl file.a

It should show why you cannot remove the file.

Mark Stewart
  • 726
  • 3
  • 8
  • OSX does not have getfacl. See link in AdminBee comment – paulj Mar 13 '20 at 14:08
  • then use that method to remove the ACL. same issue just a different method of setting ACL's And mark it solved so people will stop looking at your post. – Mark Stewart Mar 13 '20 at 14:12