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NAME
     cchhffllaaggss - change file flags

SYNOPSIS
     cchhffllaaggss [-RR [-HH | -LL | -PP]] flags file ...

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

     The options are as follows:

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

     -LL      If the -RR option is specified, all symbolic links are followed.

     -PP      If the -RR option is specified, no symbolic links are followed.
             This is the default.

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

     The flags are specified as an octal number or a comma separated list of
     keywords.  The following keywords are currently defined:

           arch    set the archived flag (super-user only)
           opaque  set the opaque flag (owner or super-user only)
           nodump  set the nodump flag (owner or super-user only)
           sappnd  set the system append-only flag (super-user only)
           schg    set the system immutable flag (super-user only)
           sunlnk  set the system undeletable flag (super-user only)
           uappnd  set the user append-only flag (owner or super-user only)
           uchg    set the user immutable flag (owner or super-user only)
           uunlnk  set the user undeletable flag (owner or super-user only)
           archived, sappend, schange, simmutable, uappend, uchange,
                   uimmutable, sunlink, uunlink
                   aliases for the above

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

           nouchg  the immutable bit should be cleared

     Symbolic links do not have flags, so unless the -HH or -LL option is set,
     cchhffllaaggss on a symbolic link always succeeds and has no effect.  The -HH, -LL
     and -PP options are ignored unless the -RR option is specified.  In addi-
     tion, these options override each other and the command's actions are
     determined by the last one specified.

     You can use "ls -lo" to see the flags of existing files.

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

SEE ALSO
     ls(1), chflags(2), stat(2), fts(3), symlink(7)

HISTORY     The cchhffllaaggss command first appeared in 4.4BSD.

BSD                               May 2, 1995                              BSD