When I run PowerShell's Get-ChildItem on a directory (or any cmdlet that returns file system items), it shows a column called Mode, like this:
Directory: C:\MyDirectory
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d---- 2/8/2011 10:55 AM Directory1
d---- 2/8/2011 10:54 AM Directory2
d---- 2/8/2011 10:54 AM Directory3
-ar-- 2/8/2011 10:54 AM 454 File1.txt
-ar-- 2/8/2011 10:54 AM 4342 File2.txt
I searched and searched Google and my local PowerShell book, but I could not find any documentation on the meaning of the Mode column.
What are the possible values of the Mode column and what does each one mean?