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38 .Nd convert between file flag bits and their string names
44 .Fn fflagstostr "u_long flags"
46 .Fn strtofflags "char **stringp" "u_long *setp" "u_long *clrp"
50 function returns a comma separated string of the file flags represented by
52 If no flags are set a zero length string is returned.
54 If memory cannot be allocated for the return value,
59 The value returned from
63 and should be returned to the system with
65 when the program is done with it.
69 function takes a string of file flags, as described in
71 parses it, and returns the 'set' flags and 'clear' flags
72 such as would be given as arguments to
76 returns 0, otherwise it returns non-zero and
78 is left pointing to the offending token.
82 function may fail and set
84 for any of the errors specified for the library routine
95 functions first appeared in