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Old 11-15-2005, 09:33 PM   #1
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Immutable files

How does one go about setting flags on files, such as the immutable flag?

On BSD I would use the chflags() syscall, but I'm told that Linux doesn't have this.

What is the equivalent?
 
Old 11-15-2005, 09:54 PM   #2
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man chattr
 
Old 11-15-2005, 10:05 PM   #3
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chattr isn't a system call though, is it?

I'm looking for something low-level that can be used in a minimalist C program.

chattr also appears to be filesystem dependant, which is a pain too.
 
Old 11-15-2005, 10:12 PM   #4
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Ok, found this if anybody is interested:

http://www.danlj.org/lad/src/setflags.c.html
 
  


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