From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 8 13:00:12 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FA9316A4BF for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 13:00:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from epsb.ca (relay.epsb.ca [198.161.119.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C26243FDD for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 13:00:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Sean.Page@epsb.ca) Received: from exchange03.epsb.ca (exchange03.epsb.ca [10.0.5.11]) by epsb.ca (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id h88JxZ104970; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 13:59:36 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from Sean.Page@epsb.ca) Received: by exchange03.epsb.ca with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 14:01:23 -0600 Message-ID: From: Sean Page To: "'Ceri Davies'" Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 13:54:35 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: No nonodump... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 20:00:12 -0000 Ahhh, right you are. Regrettably, you caught me skimming the material a little too quickly. Guess I should have finished my coffee first [insert sheepish grin here] :-) Sorry to have wasted the bandwidth folks. Sean. -----Original Message----- From: Ceri Davies [mailto:setantae@submonkey.net] Sent: September 8, 2003 12:23 PM To: Sean Page Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No nonodump... On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 12:08:43PM -0600, Sean Page wrote: > Alas, my man page for chflags is as follows: > > 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 > > A little misleading I would say. Without wishing to sound like an asshole, did you read the PR that you posted a reference to? Specifically the part where it says the manpage should say "use dump to clear the nodump flag". > At any rate, 'chflags dump' did indeed remove the flag in question. > Thanks for the suggestions. No problem. Ceri -- User: DO YOU ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR? Iniaes: Sure, I can accept all forms of payment. -- www.chatterboxchallenge.com