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STAT_FLAGS(3)            BSD Library Functions Manual            STAT_FLAGS(3)

NAME
     string_to_flags, flags_to_string -- Stat flags parsing and printing
     functions

LIBRARY
     System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <util.h>

     char *
     flags_to_string(u_long flags, const char *def);

     int
     string_to_flags(char **stringp, u_long *setp, u_long *clrp);

DESCRIPTION
     The flags_to_string() and string_to_flags() functions are used by
     programs such as ls(1), mtree(8), makefs(8), etc., to parse and/or print
     the st_flags field in the stat(2) structure.

     They recognize the following flags:

           String     Flag            Description
           arch       SF_ARCHIVED     file is archived
           nodump     UF_NODUMP       do not dump file
           opaque     UF_OPAQUE       directory is opaque in union filesystems
           sappnd     SF_APPEND       writes to the file may only append
           schg       SF_IMMUTABLE    file cannot be changed; it is immutable
           snap       SF_SNAPSHOT     file is a snapshot inode
           uappnd     UF_APPEND       writes to the file may only append
           uchg       UF_IMMUTABLE    file cannot be changed; it is immutable

     The SF_APPEND and SF_IMMUTABLE flags are for the superuser only, whereas
     UF_APPEND and UF_IMMUTABLE are for the user only.

     The flags_to_string() function converts the bits set in the flags
     argument to a comma-separated string and returns it.  If no flags are
     set, then the def string is returned.  The returned string is allocated
     via malloc(3) and it is the responsibility of the caller to free(3) it.

     The string_to_flags() function takes a stringp of space, comma, or tab
     separated flag names and places their bit value on the setp argument.  If
     the flag name is prefixed by: "no", then the bit value is placed on the
     clrp argument.

RETURN VALUES
     flags_to_string() returns the symbolic representation of flags, the
     default string, or NULL if allocation failed.

     string_to_flags() returns 0 on success and 1 if it fails to parse the
     string, setting stringp to point to the first string that it failed to
     parse.

SEE ALSO
     chflags(2), stat(2)

BSD                           September 20, 2012                           BSD
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