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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2007-02-25 09:47:44 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2007-02-25 09:47:44 +0000
commitf1cd424561dd503fba68e50647740a94ebb352c5 (patch)
tree4ea98bac35bd1eba72948d14c0bf4add73cc7fdf /bin/chmod
parent803fd132773465925dfccc5ccba5f394c24d9784 (diff)
shuffle the text somewhat to make the page read better;
use .Ex;
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/chmod')
-rw-r--r--bin/chmod/chflags.133
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/bin/chmod/chflags.1 b/bin/chmod/chflags.1
index f4390b4a63d..c398717e09d 100644
--- a/bin/chmod/chflags.1
+++ b/bin/chmod/chflags.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: chflags.1,v 1.8 2007/02/25 09:39:48 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: chflags.1,v 1.9 2007/02/25 09:47:43 jmc Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: chflags.1,v 1.4 1995/08/31 22:50:22 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ The
.Ar flags
of a file dictate special restrictions beyond those enforced by its
mode/permissions.
+Only the superuser can change the user flags on block and
+character devices.
+.Pp
+You can use
+.Ic ls -lo
+to see the flags of existing files.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
@@ -113,13 +119,6 @@ can be used to alter this.
An immutable file may not be changed, moved, or deleted.
An append-only file is immutable except that data may be appended to it.
.Pp
-Putting the letters
-.Dq no
-before a flag name causes the flag to be turned off.
-For example:
-.Pp
-.Dl nouchg the immutable bit should be cleared
-.Pp
The
superuser-settable
.Dq sappnd
@@ -132,6 +131,13 @@ For more information on setting the system security level,
see
.Xr securelevel 7 .
.Pp
+Putting the letters
+.Dq no
+before a flag name causes the flag to be turned off.
+For example:
+.Pp
+.Dl nouchg the immutable bit should be cleared
+.Pp
Symbolic links do not have flags, so unless the
.Fl H
or
@@ -150,16 +156,7 @@ option is specified.
In addition, these options override each other and the
command's actions are determined by the last one specified.
.Pp
-Only the superuser can change the user flags on block and
-character devices.
-.Pp
-You can use
-.Ic ls -lo
-to see the flags of existing files.
-.Pp
-The
-.Nm
-utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
+.Ex -std chflags
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ls 1 ,
.Xr chflags 2 ,