1.\" $NetBSD: chflags.1,v 1.2 1994/11/14 20:27:22 jtc Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 7.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 18.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 19.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 20.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 21.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 22.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 23.\" without specific prior written permission. 24.\" 25.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 26.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 27.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 28.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 29.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 30.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 31.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 32.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 33.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 34.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 35.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 36.\" 37.\" @(#)chflags.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 3/31/94 38.\" 39.Dd March 31, 1994 40.Dt CHFLAGS 1 41.Os 42.Sh NAME 43.Nm chflags 44.Nd change file flags 45.Sh SYNOPSIS 46.Nm chflags 47.Oo 48.Fl R 49.Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P 50.Oc 51.Ar flags 52.Ar file ... 53.Sh DESCRIPTION 54The 55.Nm chflags 56utility modifies the file flags of the listed files 57as specified by the 58.Ar flags 59operand. 60.Pp 61The options are as follows: 62.Bl -tag -width Ds 63.It Fl H 64If the 65.Fl R 66option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed. 67(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed.) 68.It Fl L 69If the 70.Fl R 71option is specified, all symbolic links are followed. 72.It Fl P 73If the 74.Fl R 75option is specified, no symbolic links are followed. 76.It Fl R 77Change the file flags for the file hierarchies rooted 78in the files instead of just the files themselves. 79.El 80.Pp 81Flags are a comma separated list of keywords. 82The following keywords are currently defined: 83.Bd -literal -offset indent compact 84.\"arch nothing yet. 85dump set the dump flag 86sappnd set the system append-only flag (super-user only) 87schg set the system immutable flag (super-user only) 88uappnd set the user append-only flag (owner or super-user only) 89uchg set the user immutable flag (owner or super-user only) 90.Ed 91.Pp 92Putting the letters 93.Dq no 94before an option causes the flag to be turned off. 95For example: 96.Bd -literal -offset indent compact 97nodump the file should never be dumped 98.Ed 99.Pp 100Symbolic links do not have flags, so unless the 101.Fl H 102or 103.Fl L 104option is set, 105.Nm chflags 106on a symbolic link always succeeds and has no effect. 107The 108.Fl H , 109.Fl L 110and 111.Fl P 112options are ignored unless the 113.Fl R 114option is specified. 115In addition, these options override each other and the 116command's actions are determined by the last one specified. 117.Pp 118The 119.Nm chflags 120utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. 121.Sh SEE ALSO 122.Xr chflags 2 , 123.Xr stat 2 , 124.Xr fts 3 , 125.Xr symlink 7 126