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+.\" @(#)setmode.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd January 1, 2000
+.Dt SETFLAGS 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm getflags ,
+.Nm setflags
+.Nd modify file flag bits
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <unistd.h>
+.Ft char *
+.Fn getflags "u_long flags" "char *def"
+.Ft int
+.Fn setflags "char **stringp" "u_long *setp" "u_long *clrp"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn getflags
+function returns a comma separated string of the file flags represented by
+.Fa flags .
+If no flags are set the string
+.Fa def
+is returned instead.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn setflags
+function takes a string of file flags, as described in
+.Xr chflags 1 ,
+parses it, and returns the 'set' flags and 'clear' flags
+such as would be given as arguments to
+.Xr chflags 2 .
+On success
+.Fn setflags
+returns 0, otherwise it returns non-zero and
+.Fa stringp
+is left pointing to the offending token.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr chflags 1 ,
+.Xr chflags 2 ,
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn getflags
+and
+.Fn setflags
+functions first appeared in
+.Fx 4.0 .
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