rust-chmod1

Change the mode of each file to mode. with --reference, change the mode of each file to that of rfile.

Usage

chmod [--help] [{-c | --changes}] [{-f | --quiet}] [{-v | --verbose}] [--no-preserve-root] [--preserve-root] [{-R | --recursive}] [--reference] [-H] [-L] [-P] [--dereference] [{-h | --no-dereference}] [{-V | --version}] [MODE] [FILE]

Overview

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

Options

--help: Print help information.

-c, --changes: like verbose but report only when a change is made

-f, --quiet: suppress most error messages

-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: 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

[MODE]

[FILE]

Version

v0.0.30

Releases

2 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 1 time.

--dereference since Debian 13 (Trixie); --no-dereference since Debian 13 (Trixie); -H since Debian 13 (Trixie); -L since Debian 13 (Trixie); -P since Debian 13 (Trixie); -V since Debian 13 (Trixie); -h since Debian 13 (Trixie).

--silent until Debian 12 (Bookworm).