File Link Indication Regex Expression

Definition

Specifies a regular expression that identifies external file links in the output of a LIST command. File links are pointers to the real file and usually have some visual symbol, such as- >, mixed in with the file name in the output of the LIST command. Only the link name is desired within the returned list.

Required Values

A regular expression. If there is no reliable way of identifying a file link within a LIST output, then leave this parameter undefined.

Additional Information

The regular expression “^ *l” specifies that a file link is indicated by a line starting with the lowercase “l,” preceded possibly by blanks, for example:

      lrwxr-xr-x   2 ed        usr   2048 Apr 17 17:43 p ->       public_html