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32.\" @(#)chflags.1 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/2/95
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2.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994
3.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
4.\"
5.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
6.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
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30.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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32.\" @(#)chflags.1 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/2/95
33.\" $FreeBSD$
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35.Dd February 24, 2005
35.Dd May 14, 2005
36.Dt CHFLAGS 1
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm chflags
40.Nd change file flags
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
36.Dt CHFLAGS 1
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm chflags
40.Nd change file flags
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Op Fl h
43.Oo
44.Fl R
45.Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P
46.Oc
47.Ar flags
48.Ar
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The

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56.Pp
57The options are as follows:
58.Bl -tag -width indent
59.It Fl H
60If the
61.Fl R
62option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed.
63(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed.)
44.Oo
45.Fl R
46.Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P
47.Oc
48.Ar flags
49.Ar
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The

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57.Pp
58The options are as follows:
59.Bl -tag -width indent
60.It Fl H
61If the
62.Fl R
63option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed.
64(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed.)
65.It Fl h
66If the
67.Ar file
68is a symbolic link,
69change the mode of the link itself rather than the file to which it points.
64.It Fl L
65If the
66.Fl R
67option is specified, all symbolic links are followed.
68.It Fl P
69If the
70.Fl R
71option is specified, no symbolic links are followed.

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109.Pp
110.Bl -tag -offset indent -width "nouchg" -compact
111.It Ar nouchg
112clear the user immutable flag (owner or super-user only)
113.It Ar dump
114clear the nodump flag (owner or super-user only)
115.El
116.Pp
70.It Fl L
71If the
72.Fl R
73option is specified, all symbolic links are followed.
74.It Fl P
75If the
76.Fl R
77option is specified, no symbolic links are followed.

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115.Pp
116.Bl -tag -offset indent -width "nouchg" -compact
117.It Ar nouchg
118clear the user immutable flag (owner or super-user only)
119.It Ar dump
120clear the nodump flag (owner or super-user only)
121.El
122.Pp
117Symbolic links do not have flags, so unless the
118.Fl H
123Unless the
124.Fl H ,
125.Fl L ,
119or
126or
120.Fl L
121option is set,
127.Fl h
128options are given,
122.Nm
123on a symbolic link always succeeds and has no effect.
124The
125.Fl H ,
126.Fl L
127and
128.Fl P
129options are ignored unless the

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129.Nm
130on a symbolic link always succeeds and has no effect.
131The
132.Fl H ,
133.Fl L
134and
135.Fl P
136options are ignored unless the

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