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CHFLAGS(1)		  BSD General Commands Manual		    CHFLAGS(1)

NAME
     chflags — change file flags

SYNOPSIS
     chflags [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-h] flags file ...

DESCRIPTION
     The chflags utility modifies the file flags of the listed files as speci‐
     fied by the flags operand.

     The options are as follows:

     -H	     If the -R option is specified, symbolic links on the command line
	     are followed.  (Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal
	     are not followed.)

     -L	     If the -R option is specified, all symbolic links are followed.

     -P	     If the -R option is specified, no symbolic links are followed.

     -R	     Change the file flags for the file hierarchies rooted in the
	     files instead of just the files themselves.

     -h	     If the file or a file encountered during directory traversal is a
	     symbolic link, the file flags of the link itself is changed.

     Flags are a comma separated list of keywords.  The following keywords are
     currently defined:

	   Keyword	 Flag		       Permission
	   arch		 archived	       super-user only
	   opaque	 opaque		       owner or super-user
	   nodump	 nodump		       owner or super-user
	   sappnd	 system append-only    super-user only
	   schg		 system immutable      super-user only
	   uappnd	 user append-only      owner or super-user
	   uchg		 user immutable	       owner or super-user

     Putting the letters “no” before an option causes the flag to be turned
     off.  For example:

	   nouchg  the immutable bit should be cleared

     The -H, -L and -P options are ignored unless the -R option is specified.
     In addition, these options override each other and the command's actions
     are determined by the last one specified.

     The -o option of ls(1) is used to display the flags.

     The chflags utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

     The kernel does not allow the flags on block and character devices to be
     changed except by the super-user.

SEE ALSO
     ls(1), chflags(2), lchflags(2), stat(2), fts(3), symlink(7), dump(8),
     init(8)

BSD				 May 14, 2010				   BSD

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