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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-10-05 19:56:28 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-10-05 19:56:28 +0000
commit4e6a9b4c02ece7423de4a89eab7e1daf2a30f453 (patch)
tree7b99548dddd62d87bf6a8a0c76c9b9c355df4d02 /usr.bin/chflags
parent240ebde40540745d4e0fd246eebf224795845acf (diff)
Improve this man page a bit, but needs more work.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/chflags')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/chflags/chflags.119
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/chflags/chflags.1 b/usr.bin/chflags/chflags.1
index 37d7dafe2bd..fd6b2338a10 100644
--- a/usr.bin/chflags/chflags.1
+++ b/usr.bin/chflags/chflags.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: chflags.1,v 1.6 1999/07/31 03:55:28 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: chflags.1,v 1.7 1999/10/05 19:56:27 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: chflags.1,v 1.4 1995/08/31 22:50:22 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994
@@ -58,25 +58,30 @@ utility modifies the file flags of the listed files
as specified by the
.Ar flags
operand.
+The
+.Ar flags
+of a file dictate special restrictions beyond those enforced by its
+mode/permissions.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl R
+Recursively descend through any specified directory arguments.
+Change the flags of the file hierarchies rooted
+in the files instead of just the files themselves.
.It Fl H
If the
.Fl R
-option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed.
+option is also specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed.
(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed.)
.It Fl L
If the
.Fl R
-option is specified, all symbolic links are followed.
+option is also specified, all symbolic links are followed.
.It Fl P
If the
.Fl R
-option is specified, no symbolic links are followed.
-.It Fl R
-Change the file flags for the file hierarchies rooted
-in the files instead of just the files themselves.
+option is also specified, no symbolic links are followed.
.El
.Pp
Flags are a comma separated list of keywords.