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359b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"	@(#)chflags.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 3/31/94
36601fc2b9SPhilippe Charnier.\"	$Id$
379b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\"
389b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dd March 31, 1994
399b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dt CHFLAGS 1
409b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Os
419b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME
429b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm chflags
439b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nd change file flags
449b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS
459b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm chflags
469b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Oo
479b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl R
489b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P
499b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Oc
509b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar flags
519b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar file ...
529b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION
539b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe
549b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm chflags
559b50d902SRodney W. Grimesutility modifies the file flags of the listed files
569b50d902SRodney W. Grimesas specified by the
579b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ar flags
589b50d902SRodney W. Grimesoperand.
599b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
609b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe options are as follows:
619b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bl -tag -width Ds
629b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl H
639b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf the
649b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl R
659b50d902SRodney W. Grimesoption is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed.
669b50d902SRodney W. Grimes(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed.)
679b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl L
689b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf the
699b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl R
709b50d902SRodney W. Grimesoption is specified, all symbolic links are followed.
719b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl P
729b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIf the
739b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl R
749b50d902SRodney W. Grimesoption is specified, no symbolic links are followed.
759b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.It Fl R
769b50d902SRodney W. GrimesChange the file flags for the file hierarchies rooted
779b50d902SRodney W. Grimesin the files instead of just the files themselves.
789b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.El
799b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
809b50d902SRodney W. GrimesFlags are a comma separated list of keywords.
819b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe following keywords are currently defined:
829b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bd -literal -offset indent compact
8362a1ce7aSBruce Evansarch	set the archived flag (super-user only)
849b50d902SRodney W. Grimesdump	set the dump flag
859b50d902SRodney W. Grimessappnd	set the system append-only flag (super-user only)
869b50d902SRodney W. Grimesschg	set the system immutable flag (super-user only)
8750dab48aSJulian Elischersunlnk	set the system undeletable flag (super-user only)
889b50d902SRodney W. Grimesuappnd	set the user append-only flag (owner or super-user only)
899b50d902SRodney W. Grimesuchg	set the user immutable flag (owner or super-user only)
9050dab48aSJulian Elischeruunlnk	set the user undeletable flag (owner or super-user only)
9150dab48aSJulian Elischerarchived, sappend, schange, simmutable, uappend, uchange, uimmutable,
9250dab48aSJulian Elischersunlink, uunlink
9362a1ce7aSBruce Evans	aliases for the above
949b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ed
959b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
969b50d902SRodney W. GrimesPutting the letters
979b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dq no
989b50d902SRodney W. Grimesbefore an option causes the flag to be turned off.
999b50d902SRodney W. GrimesFor example:
1009b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Bd -literal -offset indent compact
1019b50d902SRodney W. Grimesnodump	the file should never be dumped
1029b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Ed
1039b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
1049b50d902SRodney W. GrimesSymbolic links do not have flags, so unless the
1059b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl H
1069b50d902SRodney W. Grimesor
1079b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl L
1089b50d902SRodney W. Grimesoption is set,
1099b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm chflags
1109b50d902SRodney W. Grimeson a symbolic link always succeeds and has no effect.
1119b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe
1129b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl H ,
1139b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl L
1149b50d902SRodney W. Grimesand
1159b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl P
1169b50d902SRodney W. Grimesoptions are ignored unless the
1179b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Fl R
1189b50d902SRodney W. Grimesoption is specified.
1199b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIn addition, these options override each other and the
1209b50d902SRodney W. Grimescommand's actions are determined by the last one specified.
1219b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp
122601fc2b9SPhilippe CharnierYou can use "ls -lo" to see the flags of existing files.
123601fc2b9SPhilippe Charnier.Pp
1249b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe
1259b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm chflags
1269b50d902SRodney W. Grimesutility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
1279b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO
128601fc2b9SPhilippe Charnier.Xr ls 1 ,
1299b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr chflags 2 ,
1309b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr stat 2 ,
1319b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr fts 3 ,
1329b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr symlink 7
133995369a6SDavid E. O'Brien.Sh HISTORY
134995369a6SDavid E. O'BrienThe
135995369a6SDavid E. O'Brien.Nm chflags
136c8da9b75SMike Pritchardcommand first appeared in
137c8da9b75SMike Pritchard.Bx 4.4 .
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