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Date:      Mon, 8 Sep 2003 19:23:07 +0100
From:      Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>
To:        Sean Page <Sean.Page@epsb.ca>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: No nonodump...
Message-ID:  <20030908182307.GH364@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <DF09779544EFD511A17D0002A587F9D305AA68A2@EXCHANGE07>
References:  <DF09779544EFD511A17D0002A587F9D305AA68A2@EXCHANGE07>

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On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 12:08:43PM -0600, Sean Page wrote:
> Alas, my man page for chflags is as follows:
>=20
>   The flags are specified as an octal number or a comma separated list of
>      keywords.  The following keywords are currently defined:
>=20
>            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 onl=
y)
>            uchg    set the user immutable flag (owner or super-user only)
>            uunlnk  set the user undeletable flag (owner or super-user onl=
y)
>            archived, sappend, schange, simmutable, uappend, uchange,
>                    uimmutable, sunlink, uunlink
>                    aliases for the above
>=20
>      Putting the letters ``no'' before an option causes the flag to be
> turned
>      off.  For example:
>=20
>            nouchg  the immutable bit should be cleared
>=20
> 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.=20
> Thanks for the suggestions.

No problem.

Ceri

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