NAME

chatr − change program’s internal attributes

SYNOPSIS

chatr [−n] [−q] [−s] file ... 

DESCRIPTION

Chatr, by default, prints each file’s magic number and file attributes to the standard output.  With one or more optional arguments, chatr performs the following operations:

-n Change file from demand loaded to shared. 

-q Change file from shared to demand loaded. 

−s Perform its operation silently. 

Upon completion, chatr prints the file’s old and new values to the standard output file, unless −s is specified. 

RETURN VALUE

Chatr returns zero on success.  If the call to chatr is syntactically incorrect, or one or more of the specified files cannot be acted upon, chatr returns the number of files whose attributes could not be modified.  If no files are specified, chatr returns decimal 255. 

DIAGNOSTICS

The error messages produced by chatr should be self-explanatory. 

AUTHOR

Chatr was developed by HP. 

SEE ALSO

ld(1), a.out(4), magic(4). 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  May 11, 2021