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32.Dd January 1, 2000
33.Dt STRTOFFLAGS 3
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm fflagstostr ,
37.Nm strtofflags
38.Nd convert between file flag bits and their string names
39.Sh LIBRARY
40.Lb libc
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.In unistd.h
43.Ft char *
44.Fn fflagstostr "u_long flags"
45.Ft int
46.Fn strtofflags "char **stringp" "u_long *setp" "u_long *clrp"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn fflagstostr
50function returns a comma separated string of the file flags represented by
51.Fa flags .
52If no flags are set a zero length string is returned.
53.Pp
54If memory cannot be allocated for the return value,
55.Fn fflagstostr
56returns
57.Dv NULL .
58.Pp
59The value returned from
60.Fn fflagstostr
61is obtained from
62.Fn malloc
63and should be returned to the system with
64.Fn free
65when the program is done with it.
66.Pp
67The
68.Fn strtofflags
69function takes a string of file flags, as described in
70.Xr chflags 1 ,
71parses it, and returns the 'set' flags and 'clear' flags
72such as would be given as arguments to
73.Xr chflags 2 .
74On success
75.Fn strtofflags
76returns 0, otherwise it returns non-zero and
77.Fa stringp
78is left pointing to the offending token.
79.Sh ERRORS
80The
81.Fn fflagstostr
82function may fail and set
83.Va errno
84for any of the errors specified for the library routine
85.Xr malloc 3 .
86.Sh SEE ALSO
87.Xr chflags 1 ,
88.Xr chflags 2 ,
89.Xr malloc 3
90.Sh HISTORY
91The
92.Fn fflagstostr
93and
94.Fn strtofflags
95functions first appeared in
96.Fx 4.0 .
97