chmod - chmod

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  Arguments:  OPTIONS 

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NAME

chmod − chmod

SYNOPSIS

chmod [OPTION]... MODE[,MODE]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION

Change the mode of each FILE to MODE. With −−reference, change the mode of each FILE to that of RFILE.

chmod [OPTION]... OCTAL−MODE FILE... chmod [OPTION]... −−reference=RFILE FILE...

Arguments:

[MODE] [FILE]...

OPTIONS

−−help

Print help information.

−c, −−changes

like verbose but report only when a change is made

−f, −−quiet

suppress most error messages [aliases: −−silent]

−v, −−verbose

output a diagnostic for every file processed

−−no−preserve−root

do not treat ’/’ specially (the default)

−−preserve−root

fail to operate recursively on ’/’

−R, −−recursive

change files and directories recursively

−−reference <RFILE>

use RFILE’s mode instead of MODE values

	−H		if a command line argument is a symbolic link to a directory, traverse it
	−L		traverse every symbolic link to a directory encountered
	−P		do not traverse any symbolic links (default)

−−dereference

affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is the default), rather than the symbolic link itself

−h, −−no−dereference

affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file (useful only on systems that can change the ownership of a symlink)

−V, −−version

Print version

Each MODE is of the form [ugoa]*([−+=]([rwxXst]*|[ugo]))+|[−+=]?[0−7]+.

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