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| author | smh <smh@FreeBSD.org> | 2015-06-01 09:04:57 +0000 |
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| committer | smh <smh@FreeBSD.org> | 2015-06-01 09:04:57 +0000 |
| commit | 32367258066d8eaccf6cc78014ae74b397db7e4b (patch) | |
| tree | 98f751cb965bcce0515d566fa6ed7a433f62a1b8 /bin/chflags/chflags.1 | |
| parent | 082794a940f23e7eb4f7f03d5fbe9ba4fdd1fe60 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-32367258066d8eaccf6cc78014ae74b397db7e4b.zip FreeBSD-src-32367258066d8eaccf6cc78014ae74b397db7e4b.tar.gz | |
MFC r282208:
Standardise chmod, chflags, chown and chgrp recursive symlink processing
Relnotes: Yes
Sponsored by: Multiplay
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/chflags/chflags.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/chflags/chflags.1 | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/bin/chflags/chflags.1 b/bin/chflags/chflags.1 index 47d5b18..755cbce 100644 --- a/bin/chflags/chflags.1 +++ b/bin/chflags/chflags.1 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" @(#)chflags.1 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/2/95 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 8, 2013 +.Dd April 20, 2015 .Dt CHFLAGS 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ nor modify the exit status to reflect such failures. .It Fl H If the .Fl R -option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed. -(Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed.) +option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed +and hence unaffected by the command. +(Symbolic links encountered during traversal are not followed.) .It Fl h If the .Ar file @@ -83,8 +84,12 @@ If the option is specified, no symbolic links are followed. This is the default. .It Fl R -Change the file flags for the file hierarchies rooted -in the files instead of just the files themselves. +Change the file flags of the file hierarchies rooted in the files, +instead of just the files themselves. +Beware of unintentionally matching the +.Dq Pa ".." +hard link to the parent directory when using wildcards like +.Dq Li ".*" . .It Fl v Cause .Nm |
