[ale] The "ls" command

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Greg Freemyer wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:48:38 -0500, Jerald Sheets <jsheets at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>>Ah.
>>
>>I've called that "sticky" for almost 15 years.
>>
>>Learn something every day.
>>
>>--J
>>
> 
> So what did you mean by "sticky".  The 't' flag indicates it is not
> deleted from ram, just because the app terminates.
> 
> 'vi' might be a good app for me to make sticky because I'm in and out
> of it all the time.

Well, I guess this calls for a full explanation.  It depends on what 
kind of file it is.  Wait, this is better, check this link out:

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/hp/hpux-faq/section-70.html

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey