[ale] The "ls" command

[kaboom at gatech.edu (Chris Ricker)]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, Greg Freemyer wrote:

> 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.

You're on the right track with the origins of the term 'sticky'. However,
that feature is not implemented on Linux. The sticky bit on files has no
meaning on Linux, and its meaning, if any, on other modern Unixen varies
widely....

later,
chris