os.chflags()

os.chflags(path, flags, *, follow_symlinks=True)

Set the flags of path to the numeric flags. flags may take a combination (bitwise OR) of the following values (as defined in the stat module):

• stat.UF_NODUMP
• stat.UF_IMMUTABLE
• stat.UF_APPEND
• stat.UF_OPAQUE
• stat.UF_NOUNLINK
• stat.UF_COMPRESSED
• stat.UF_HIDDEN
• stat.SF_ARCHIVED
• stat.SF_IMMUTABLE
• stat.SF_APPEND
• stat.SF_NOUNLINK
• stat.SF_SNAPSHOT

This function can support not following symlinks.

Availability: Unix.