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diff --git a/file_cmds/chflags/chflags.1 b/file_cmds/chflags/chflags.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cb0281f --- /dev/null +++ b/file_cmds/chflags/chflags.1 @@ -0,0 +1,185 @@ +.\"- +.\" 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. +.\" 4. 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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 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/2/95 +.\" $FreeBSD: src/bin/chflags/chflags.1,v 1.30.2.1.2.1 2009/10/25 01:10:29 kensmith Exp $ +.\" +.Dd March 3, 2006 +.Dt CHFLAGS 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm chflags +.Nd change file flags +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl fhv +.Oo +.Fl R +.Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P +.Oc +.Ar flags +.Ar +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +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 indent +.It Fl f +Do not display a diagnostic message if +.Nm +could not modify the flags for +.Va file , +nor modify the exit status to reflect such failures. +.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 h +If the +.Ar file +is a symbolic link, +change the file flags of the link itself rather than the file to which it points. +.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. +This is the default. +.It Fl R +Change the file flags for the file hierarchies rooted +in the files instead of just the files themselves. +.It Fl v +Cause +.Nm +to be verbose, showing filenames as the flags are modified. +If the +.Fl v +option is specified more than once, the old and new flags of the file +will also be printed, in octal notation. +.El +.Pp +The flags are specified as an octal number or a comma separated list +of keywords. +The following keywords are currently defined: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -offset indent -width ".Cm opaque" +.It Cm arch , archived +set the archived flag (super-user only) +.It Cm opaque +set the opaque flag (owner or super-user only). +[Directory is opaque when viewed through a union mount] +.It Cm nodump +set the nodump flag (owner or super-user only) +.It Cm sappnd , sappend +set the system append-only flag (super-user only) +.It Cm schg , schange , simmutable +set the system immutable flag (super-user only) +.It Cm uappnd , uappend +set the user append-only flag (owner or super-user only) +.It Cm uchg , uchange , uimmutable +set the user immutable flag (owner or super-user only) +.It Cm hidden +set the hidden flag +[Hide item from GUI] +.El +.Pp +Putting the letters +.Dq Ar no +before or removing the letters +.Dq Ar no +from a keyword causes the flag to be cleared. +For example: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -offset indent -width "nouchg" -compact +.It Ar nouchg +clear the user immutable flag (owner or super-user only) +.It Ar dump +clear the nodump flag (owner or super-user only) +.El +.Pp +Unless the +.Fl H +or +.Fl L +options are given, +.Nm +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 +You can use "ls -lO" to see the flags of existing files. +.Sh EXIT STATUS +.Ex -std +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ls 1 , +.Xr chflags 2 , +.Xr stat 2 , +.Xr fts 3 , +.Xr symlink 7 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command first appeared in +.Bx 4.4 . +.Sh BUGS +Only a limited number of utilities are +.Nm +aware. +Some of these tools include +.Xr ls 1 , +.Xr cp 1 , +.Xr find 1 , +.Xr install 1 , +.Xr dump 8 , +and +.Xr restore 8 . +In particular a tool which is not currently +.Nm +aware is the +.Xr pax 1 +utility. |