diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'misc/chattr.1.in')
-rw-r--r-- | misc/chattr.1.in | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/misc/chattr.1.in b/misc/chattr.1.in index af9d6a03..aece86df 100644 --- a/misc/chattr.1.in +++ b/misc/chattr.1.in @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ mode .I files... .SH DESCRIPTION .B chattr -changes the files attributes on an second extended file system. +changes the file attributes on a Linux second extended file system. .PP The format of a symbolic mode is +-=[ASacdisu]. .PP @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Verbosely describe changed attributes. Set the files version. .SH ATTRIBUTES When a file with the 'A' attribute set is modified, its atime record is -not modified. This avoid a certain amount of disk I/O for laptop +not modified. This avoids a certain amount of disk I/O for laptop systems. A file with the `a' attribute set can only be open in append mode for writing. @@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ When a file with the `S' attribute set is modified, the changes are written synchronously on the disk; this is equivalent to the `sync' mount option applied to a subset of the files. -When a file with the `u' attribute set is deleted, its contents is saved. +When a file with the `u' attribute set is deleted, its contents are saved. This allows the user to ask for its undeletion. .SH AUTHOR .B chattr -has been written by Remy Card <card@masi.ibp.fr>, the developer and maintainer +was written by Remy Card <card@masi.ibp.fr>, the developer and maintainer of the ext2 fs. .SH BUGS AND LIMITATIONS As of ext2 fs 0.5a, the `c' and `u' attribute are not honoured by the kernel |