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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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