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| f49acbb1 | 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994 |
| 1de392d7 | 2 | .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. |
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3 | .\" |
| 4 | .\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by | |
| 5 | .\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. | |
| 6 | .\" | |
| 7 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% | |
| 8 | .\" | |
| 88edbcd4 | 9 | .\" @(#)chflags.1 8.3 (Berkeley) %G% |
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10 | .\" |
| 11 | .Dd | |
| 12 | .Dt CHFLAGS 1 | |
| 13 | .Os | |
| 14 | .Sh NAME | |
| 15 | .Nm chflags | |
| 16 | .Nd change file flags | |
| 17 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 18 | .Nm chflags | |
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19 | .Oo |
| 20 | .Fl R | |
| 21 | .Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P | |
| 22 | .Oc | |
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23 | .Ar flags |
| 24 | .Ar file ... | |
| 25 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 26 | The | |
| 27 | .Nm chflags | |
| 28 | utility modifies the file flags of the listed files | |
| 29 | as specified by the | |
| 30 | .Ar flags | |
| 31 | operand. | |
| 32 | .Pp | |
| 33 | The options are as follows: | |
| 34 | .Bl -tag -width Ds | |
| 74ee26c2 | 35 | .It Fl H |
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36 | If the |
| 37 | .Fl R | |
| 38 | option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed. | |
| 39 | (Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed.) | |
| 40 | .It Fl L | |
| 41 | If the | |
| 42 | .Fl R | |
| 43 | option is specified, all symbolic links are followed. | |
| 44 | .It Fl P | |
| 45 | If the | |
| 46 | .Fl R | |
| 47 | option is specified, no symbolic links are followed. | |
| dc986658 | 48 | .It Fl R |
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49 | Change the file flags for the file hierarchies rooted |
| 50 | in the files instead of just the files themselves. | |
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51 | .El |
| 52 | .Pp | |
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53 | Flags are a comma separated list of keywords. |
| 54 | The following keywords are currently defined: | |
| 55 | .Bd -literal -offset indent compact | |
| 56 | .\"arch nothing yet. | |
| 88edbcd4 | 57 | opaque set the opaque flag |
| 8a499f2f | 58 | dump set the dump flag |
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59 | sappnd set the system append-only flag (super-user only) |
| 60 | schg set the system immutable flag (super-user only) | |
| 61 | uappnd set the user append-only flag (owner or super-user only) | |
| 62 | uchg set the user immutable flag (owner or super-user only) | |
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63 | .Ed |
| 64 | .Pp | |
| 65 | Putting the letters | |
| 66 | .Dq no | |
| 67 | before an option causes the flag to be turned off. | |
| 68 | For example: | |
| 69 | .Bd -literal -offset indent compact | |
| 70 | nodump the file should never be dumped | |
| 71 | .Ed | |
| 72 | .Pp | |
| f49acbb1 | 73 | Symbolic links do not have flags, so unless the |
| 74ee26c2 | 74 | .Fl H |
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75 | or |
| 76 | .Fl L | |
| 77 | option is set, | |
| 74ee26c2 | 78 | .Nm chflags |
| 8a499f2f | 79 | on a symbolic link always succeeds and has no effect. |
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80 | The |
| 81 | .Fl H , | |
| 82 | .Fl L | |
| 83 | and | |
| 84 | .Fl P | |
| 85 | options are ignored unless the | |
| 86 | .Fl R | |
| 87 | option is specified. | |
| 88 | In addition, these options override each other and the | |
| 89 | command's actions are determined by the last one specified. | |
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90 | .Pp |
| 91 | The | |
| 92 | .Nm chflags | |
| 93 | utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. | |
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94 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
| 95 | .Xr chflags 2 , | |
| 96 | .Xr stat 2 , | |
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97 | .Xr fts 3 , |
| 98 | .Xr symlink 7 |