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author | Rodney W. Grimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-05-27 12:33:43 +0000 |
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committer | Rodney W. Grimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-05-27 12:33:43 +0000 |
commit | 9b50d9027575220cb6dd09b3e62f03f511e908b8 (patch) | |
tree | defc987843071f19a5891a97145437d43cba2af8 /usr.bin/chflags/chflags.1 | |
parent | efd31c5952bb9bb2485c109382100127424f8611 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/usr.bin/chflags/chflags.1 b/usr.bin/chflags/chflags.1 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..79c1a72644cd --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/chflags/chflags.1 @@ -0,0 +1,123 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)chflags.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 3/31/94 +.\" +.Dd March 31, 1994 +.Dt CHFLAGS 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm chflags +.Nd change file flags +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm chflags +.Oo +.Fl R +.Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P +.Oc +.Ar flags +.Ar file ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm chflags +utility modifies the file flags of the listed files +as specified by the +.Ar flags +operand. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl H +If the +.Fl R +option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed. +(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed.) +.It Fl L +If the +.Fl R +option is specified, all symbolic links are followed. +.It Fl P +If the +.Fl R +option is specified, no symbolic links are followed. +.It Fl R +Change the file flags for the file hierarchies rooted +in the files instead of just the files themselves. +.El +.Pp +Flags are a comma separated list of keywords. +The following keywords are currently defined: +.Bd -literal -offset indent compact +.\"arch nothing yet. +dump set the dump flag +sappnd set the system append-only flag (super-user only) +schg set the system immutable flag (super-user only) +uappnd set the user append-only flag (owner or super-user only) +uchg set the user immutable flag (owner or super-user only) +.Ed +.Pp +Putting the letters +.Dq no +before an option causes the flag to be turned off. +For example: +.Bd -literal -offset indent compact +nodump the file should never be dumped +.Ed +.Pp +Symbolic links do not have flags, so unless the +.Fl H +or +.Fl L +option is set, +.Nm chflags +on a symbolic link always succeeds and has no effect. +The +.Fl H , +.Fl L +and +.Fl P +options are ignored unless the +.Fl R +option is specified. +In addition, these options override each other and the +command's actions are determined by the last one specified. +.Pp +The +.Nm chflags +utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr chflags 2 , +.Xr stat 2 , +.Xr fts 3 , +.Xr symlink 7 |