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36.Dd January 1, 2000
37.Dt STRTOFFLAGS 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm fflagstostr ,
41.Nm strtofflags
42.Nd convert between file flag bits and their string names
43.Sh LIBRARY
44.Lb libc
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.In unistd.h
47.Ft char *
48.Fn fflagstostr "u_long flags"
49.Ft int
50.Fn strtofflags "char **stringp" "u_long *setp" "u_long *clrp"
51.Sh DESCRIPTION
52The
53.Fn fflagstostr
54function returns a comma separated string of the file flags represented by
55.Fa flags .
56If no flags are set a zero length string is returned.
57.Pp
58If memory cannot be allocated for the return value,
59.Fn fflagstostr
60returns
61.Dv NULL .
62.Pp
63The value returned from
64.Fn fflagstostr
65is obtained from
66.Fn malloc
67and should be returned to the system with
68.Fn free
69when the program is done with it.
70.Pp
71The
72.Fn strtofflags
73function takes a string of file flags, as described in
74.Xr chflags 1 ,
75parses it, and returns the 'set' flags and 'clear' flags
76such as would be given as arguments to
77.Xr chflags 2 .
78On success
79.Fn strtofflags
80returns 0, otherwise it returns non-zero and
81.Fa stringp
82is left pointing to the offending token.
83.Sh ERRORS
84The
85.Fn fflagstostr
86function may fail and set
87.Va errno
88for any of the errors specified for the library routine
89.Xr malloc 3 .
90.Sh SEE ALSO
91.Xr chflags 1 ,
92.Xr chflags 2 ,
93.Xr malloc 3
94.Sh HISTORY
95The
96.Fn fflagstostr
97and
98.Fn strtofflags
99functions first appeared in
100.Fx 4.0 .
101