#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h> int
chflags (const char *path u_long flags); int
lchflags (const char *path int flags); int
fchflags (int fd u_long flags);
DESCRIPTION
The file whose name
is given by
Fa path
or referenced by the descriptor
Fa fd
has its flags changed to
Fa flags .
The
lchflags ();
system call is like
chflags ();
except in the case where the named file is a symbolic link,
in which case
lchflags ();
will change the flags of the link itself,
rather than the file it points to.
The flags specified are formed by
or 'ing
the following values
UF_NODUMP
Do not dump the file.
UF_IMMUTABLE
The file may not be changed.
UF_APPEND
The file may only be appended to.
UF_NOUNLINK
The file may not be renamed or deleted.
UF_OPAQUE
The directory is opaque when viewed through a union stack.
SF_ARCHIVED
The file may be archived.
SF_IMMUTABLE
The file may not be changed.
SF_APPEND
The file may only be appended to.
SF_NOUNLINK
The file may not be renamed or deleted.
SF_SNAPSHOT
The file is a snapshot file.
If one of
SF_IMMUTABLE , SF_APPEND
or
SF_NOUNLINK
is set a non-super-user cannot change any flags and even the super-user
can change flags only if securelevel is greater than 0.
(See
init(8)
for details.)
The
UF_IMMUTABLE , UF_APPEND , UF_NOUNLINK , UF_NODUMP
and
UF_OPAQUE
flags may be set or unset by either the owner of a file or the super-user.
The
SF_IMMUTABLE , SF_APPEND , SF_NOUNLINK
and
SF_ARCHIVED
flags may only be set or unset by the super-user.
Attempts to set these flags by non-super-users are rejected, attempts by
non-superusers to clear flags that are already unset are silently ignored.
These flags may be set at any time, but normally may only be unset when
the system is in single-user mode.
(See
init(8)
for details.)
The
SF_SNAPSHOT
flag is maintained by the system and cannot be changed by any user.
RETURN VALUES
Rv -std
ERRORS
The
chflags ();
system call will fail if:
Bq Er ENOTDIR
A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters,
or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters.
Bq Er ENOENT
The named file does not exist.
Bq Er EACCES
Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix.
Bq Er ELOOP
Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
Bq Er EPERM
The effective user ID does not match the owner of the file and
the effective user ID is not the super-user.
Bq Er EPERM
One of
SF_IMMUTABLE , SF_APPEND
or
SF_NOUNLINK
is set and the user is either not the super-user or
securelevel is greater than 0.
Bq Er EPERM
A non-super-user tries to set one of
SF_IMMUTABLE , SF_APPEND
or
SF_NOUNLINK
Bq Er EPERM
User tries to set or remove the
SF_SNAPSHOT
flag.
Bq Er EROFS
The named file resides on a read-only file system.
Bq Er EFAULT
The
Fa path
argument
points outside the process's allocated address space.
Bq Er EIO
An
I/O
error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP
The underlying file system does not support file flags.
The
fchflags ();
system call will fail if:
Bq Er EBADF
The descriptor is not valid.
Bq Er EINVAL
The
Fa fd
argument
refers to a socket, not to a file.
Bq Er EPERM
The effective user ID does not match the owner of the file and
the effective user ID is not the super-user.
Bq Er EPERM
One of
SF_IMMUTABLE , SF_APPEND
or
SF_NOUNLINK
is set and the user is either not the super-user or
securelevel is greater than 0.
Bq Er EPERM
A non-super-user tries to set one of
SF_IMMUTABLE , SF_APPEND
or
SF_NOUNLINK
Bq Er EROFS
The file resides on a read-only file system.
Bq Er EIO
An
I/O
error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP
The underlying file system does not support file flags.
