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35.Dd January 1, 2000
36.Dt STRTOFFLAGS 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm fflagstostr ,
40.Nm strtofflags
41.Nd convert between file flag bits and their string names
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libc
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Fd #include <unistd.h>
46.Ft char *
47.Fn fflagstostr "u_long flags"
48.Ft int
49.Fn strtofflags "char **stringp" "u_long *setp" "u_long *clrp"
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Fn fflagstostr
53function returns a comma separated string of the file flags represented by
54.Fa flags .
55If no flags are set a zero length string is returned.
56.Pp
57If memory cannot be allocated for the return value,
58.Fn fflagstostr
59returns
60.Dv NULL .
61.Pp
62The value returned from
63.Fn fflagstostr
64is obtained from
65.Fn malloc
66and should be returned to the system with
67.Fn free
68when the program is done with it.
69.Pp
70The
71.Fn strtofflags
72function takes a string of file flags, as described in
73.Xr chflags 1 ,
74parses it, and returns the 'set' flags and 'clear' flags
75such as would be given as arguments to
76.Xr chflags 2 .
77On success
78.Fn strtofflags
79returns 0, otherwise it returns non-zero and
80.Fa stringp
81is left pointing to the offending token.
82.Sh ERRORS
83The
84.Fn fflagstostr
85function
86may fail and set errno for any of the errors specified for the library
87routine
88.Xr malloc 3 .
89.Sh SEE ALSO
90.Xr chflags 1 ,
91.Xr chflags 2 ,
92.Xr malloc 3
93.Sh HISTORY
94The
95.Fn fflagstostr
96and
97.Fn strtofflags
98functions first appeared in
99.Fx 4.0 .
100