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high-order bit set", as this error is obsolete. Eventually we may want to add code to some of the "optional" filesystems (msdosfs, etc.) that checks for illegal characters. At that time it would be appropriate to reintroduce this error with appropriate text. Perhaps "The pathname contains a character that is not valid for filesystem type".
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.\" Copyright (c) 1989 The Regents of the University of California.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" from: @(#)chflags.2 6.6 (Berkeley) 7/25/91
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.\" $Id: chflags.2,v 1.5 1994/04/22 00:13:27 jtc Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd July 25, 1991
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.Dt CHFLAGS 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm chflags ,
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.Nm fchflags
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.Nd set file flags
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <unistd.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn chflags "const char *path" "long flags"
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.Ft int
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.Fn fchflags "int fd" "long flags"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The file whose name
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is given by
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.Fa path
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or referenced by the descriptor
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.Fa fd
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has its flags changed to
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.Fa flags .
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.Pp
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Only the owner of a file (or the super-user) may change the flags.
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The owner may only change the lower 16 bits of the flags;
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the super-user may change all 32 bits of the flags.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
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Otherwise, -1 is returned and the global variable
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.Va errno
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is set to indicate the error.
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.Sh ERRORS
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.Fn Chflags
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fails if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
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A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
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.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
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A component of a pathname exceeded
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.Dv {NAME_MAX}
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characters, or an entire path name exceeded
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.Dv {PATH_MAX}
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characters.
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.It Bq Er ENOENT
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The named file does not exist.
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.It Bq Er EACCES
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Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix.
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.It Bq Er ELOOP
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Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
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.It Bq Er EPERM
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The effective user ID does not match the owner of the file and
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the effective user ID is not the super-user.
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.It Bq Er EROFS
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The named file resides on a read-only file system.
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.It Bq Er EFAULT
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.Fa Path
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points outside the process's allocated address space.
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.It Bq Er EIO
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An
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.Tn I/O
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error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
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.El
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.Pp
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.Fn Fchflags
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will fail if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EBADF
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The descriptor is not valid.
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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.Fa Fd
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refers to a socket, not to a file.
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.It Bq Er EPERM
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The effective user ID does not match the owner of the file and
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the effective user ID is not the super-user.
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.It Bq Er EROFS
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The file resides on a read-only file system.
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.It Bq Er EIO
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An
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.Tn I/O
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error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr chmod 2 ,
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.Xr open 2 ,
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.Xr chown 2 ,
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.Xr stat 2
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn chflags
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and
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.Fn fchflags
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function calls are
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.Ud .
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