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Date:      Sat, 21 Dec 2013 19:29:08 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r259695 - head/bin/pax
Message-ID:  <201312211929.rBLJT8Tc073845@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: crees (doc,ports committer)
Date: Sat Dec 21 19:29:08 2013
New Revision: 259695
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/259695

Log:
  Document the lack of chflags support in pax(1)
  
  PR:		docs/135516
  Submitted by:	arundel (based on)
  Approved by:	gjb (mentor)

Modified:
  head/bin/pax/pax.1

Modified: head/bin/pax/pax.1
==============================================================================
--- head/bin/pax/pax.1	Sat Dec 21 18:47:00 2013	(r259694)
+++ head/bin/pax/pax.1	Sat Dec 21 19:29:08 2013	(r259695)
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 .\"	@(#)pax.1	8.4 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd August 29, 2010
+.Dd December 21, 2013
 .Dt PAX 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -587,6 +587,16 @@ precedence.
 For example, if
 .Dl Fl p Ar eme
 is specified, file modification times are still preserved.
+.Pp
+File flags set by
+.Xr chflags 1
+are not understood by
+.Nm ,
+however
+.Xr tar 1
+and
+.Xr dump 1
+will preserve these.
 .It Fl s Ar replstr
 Modify the file or archive member names specified by the
 .Ar pattern
@@ -1195,3 +1205,11 @@ at the University of California, San Die
 The
 .Nm
 utility does not recognize multibyte characters.
+.Pp
+File flags set by
+.Xr chflags 1
+are not preserved by
+.Nm .
+The BUGS section of
+.Xr chflags 1
+has a list of utilities that are unaware of flags.



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