lsflags: complementary utility to chflags. List flags for Mac OS X files and folders.

lsflags.c

// compile with gcc -std=c99 -Wall lsflags.c -o lsflags

#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#include <sys/stat.h>

bool printflags(const char *path);

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	if (argc < 2)
	{
		fprintf(stderr, "usage: lsflags [path] [...]\n");
		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
	}

	bool errors = false;
	for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i)
	{
		errors |= printflags(argv[i]);
	}
	return errors ? EXIT_FAILURE : EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

bool printflags(const char *path)
{
	struct stat st;

	int err = stat(path, &st);
	if (err)
	{
		perror(path);
		return true;
	}
	
	char *flagstr = fflagstostr(st.st_flags);
	printf("%s: %s\n", path, flagstr);
	free(flagstr);
	
	return false;
}