From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 16 22:00:33 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FB9537B407 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2003 22:00:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFEB743FA3 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2003 22:00:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7H50VUp080680 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2003 22:00:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h7H50Vwb080679; Sat, 16 Aug 2003 22:00:31 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 22:00:31 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200308170500.h7H50Vwb080679@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Tony Maher Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 006E437B401 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2003 21:53:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from c210-49-151-50.thorn1.nsw.optusnet.com.au (c210-49-151-50.thorn1.nsw.optusnet.com.au [210.49.151.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0A2B43F85 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2003 21:53:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tonymaher@optushome.com.au) Received: from dt.home (localhost [127.0.0.1])ESMTP id h7H4rZkI053144 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2003 14:53:35 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from tonym@dt.home) Received: (from tonym@localhost) by dt.home (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h7H4rUCi053082; Sun, 17 Aug 2003 14:53:30 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from tonym) Message-Id: <200308170453.h7H4rUCi053082@dt.home> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 14:53:30 +1000 (EST) From: Tony Maher To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: docs/55653: chflags.1 - note that not all tools chflags aware. X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Tony Maher List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 05:00:33 -0000 >Number: 55653 >Category: docs >Synopsis: chflags.1 - note that not all tools chflags aware. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Aug 16 22:00:31 PDT 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Tony Maher >Release: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD dt.home 4.8-STABLE FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE #3: Sun Aug 10 11:11:38 EST 2003 root@dt.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DT i386 >Description: It was pointed out to me last week that not all tools are aware of BSD extension file flags (chflags). Attached is patch which just notes this in the chflags.1 man page. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- chflags.1.orig Sun Aug 17 14:31:38 2003 +++ chflags.1 Sun Aug 17 14:43:57 2003 @@ -149,6 +149,23 @@ .Xr stat 2 , .Xr fts 3 , .Xr symlink 7 +.Sh BUGS +Only a limited number of tools know about about chflags. +Some of the tools which are +.Nm +aware include: +.Xr ls 1 , +.Xr cp 1 , +.Xr find 1 , +.Xr dump 8 , +and +.Xr restore 8 . +In particular the following tools are not +.Nm +aware: +.Xr tar 1 +and +.Xr pax 1 . .Sh HISTORY The .Nm >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: