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45 .Fn chflags "const char *path" "u_long flags"
47 .Fn lchflags "const char *path" "int flags"
49 .Fn fchflags "int fd" "u_long flags"
54 or referenced by the descriptor
56 has its flags changed to
63 except in the case where the named file is a symbolic link,
66 will change the flags of the link itself,
67 rather than the file it points to.
69 The flags specified are formed by
73 .Bl -tag -width ".Dv SF_IMMUTABLE" -compact -offset indent
77 The file may not be changed.
79 The file may only be appended to.
81 The file may not be renamed or deleted.
83 The directory is opaque when viewed through a union stack.
85 The file may be archived.
87 The file may not be changed.
89 The file may only be appended to.
91 The file may not be renamed or deleted.
93 The file is a snapshot file.
97 .Dv SF_IMMUTABLE , SF_APPEND ,
100 is set a non-super-user cannot change any flags and even the super-user
101 can change flags only if securelevel is greater than 0.
107 .Dv UF_IMMUTABLE , UF_APPEND , UF_NOUNLINK , UF_NODUMP ,
110 flags may be set or unset by either the owner of a file or the super-user.
113 .Dv SF_IMMUTABLE , SF_APPEND , SF_NOUNLINK ,
116 flags may only be set or unset by the super-user.
117 Attempts to set these flags by non-super-users are rejected, attempts by
118 non-superusers to clear flags that are already unset are silently ignored.
119 These flags may be set at any time, but normally may only be unset when
120 the system is in single-user mode.
127 flag is maintained by the system and cannot be changed by any user.
133 system call will fail if:
136 A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
137 .It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
138 A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters,
139 or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters.
141 The named file does not exist.
143 Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix.
145 Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
147 The effective user ID does not match the owner of the file and
148 the effective user ID is not the super-user.
151 .Dv SF_IMMUTABLE , SF_APPEND ,
154 is set and the user is either not the super-user or
155 securelevel is greater than 0.
157 A non-super-user tries to set one of
158 .Dv SF_IMMUTABLE , SF_APPEND ,
162 User tries to set or remove the
166 The named file resides on a read-only file system.
171 points outside the process's allocated address space.
175 error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
177 The underlying file system does not support file flags.
182 system call will fail if:
185 The descriptor is not valid.
190 refers to a socket, not to a file.
192 The effective user ID does not match the owner of the file and
193 the effective user ID is not the super-user.
196 .Dv SF_IMMUTABLE , SF_APPEND ,
199 is set and the user is either not the super-user or
200 securelevel is greater than 0.
202 A non-super-user tries to set one of
203 .Dv SF_IMMUTABLE , SF_APPEND ,
207 The file resides on a read-only file system.
211 error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
213 The underlying file system does not support file flags.
226 system calls first appeared in