From: Manfred Lotz <manfred.lotz@...>
Date: 2003-12-01T15:12:08+09:00
Subject: Re: File::Stat and file flags

Hi,

On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 13:14:13 +0900, nobu.nokada wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> At Sun, 30 Nov 2003 18:47:09 +0900,
> Manfred Lotz wrote:
>> In the UFS file system of FreeBSD a file can have special flags.
> 
> What flags?
> 

 arch     the archived flag (super-user only)         
 opaque   the opaque flag (owner or super-user only)
 nodump   the nodump flag (owner or super-user only)
 sappnd   the system append-only flag (super-user only)
 schg     the system immutable flag (super-user only)
 sunlnk   the system undeletable flag (super-user only)
 uappnd   the user append-only flag (owner or super-user only)
 uchg     the user immutable flag (owner or super-user only)
 uunlnk   the user undeletable flag (owner or super-user only)
           
Putting the letters ``no'' before or removing the letters ``no'' from a
keyword causes the flag to be cleared.

>> Is there any way to retrieve those flags within Ruby? I looked for
>> File::Stat.flags? and File::Stat.flags. However it doesn't exist. 
> 
> What you want may be File::Stat#mode.

No. See above.


Manfred