Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 05:36:40 +0100 From: Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what dose the command "chflags" used for ? Message-ID: <20030619043640.GA75298@users.munk.nu> In-Reply-To: <20030619042409.2062.qmail@web40609.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030619042409.2062.qmail@web40609.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 05:24:09AM +0100, Supote Leelasupphakorn wrote: > Dear all, > > Because we have the command "chmod" for change the > permissions of > files so what does the command "chflags" used for and > what suituation > I must use it ? chflags is used to set system flags on files you don't want to be modified accidentally - most commonly the 'noschg' flag stops a file from being deleted by a normal user. See the man page for more details, and also the -o option to 'ls' (which shows flag settings for files.
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