It overrides them, and the only effect of issuing the command is to display the help message. The privilege required for issuing fs commands varies. Many fs commands simply list information and so do not require any special privilege. The pts command suite is the interface through which you can create protection groups and add members to them. Depending on the setting of an entry's privacy flags, regular users can sometimes access and manipulate group entries in certain ways.
All pts commands accept optional arguments and flags.
This argument indicates that the command should be run in the cell specified by cell name . If you are working in another, nonlocal cell for an extended period of time, you can set the variable to the name of that cell. This flag directs the pts command interpreter to continue executing the command, if possible, even if it encounters problems during the command's execution. The command interpreter performs as much of the requested operation as possible, rather than halting if it encounters a problem. The command interpreter reports any errors it encounters during the command's execution.