


This option is non-standard and its use in scripts is not recommended. v -v Very Verbose: display both old and new modes of the file in both octal and symbolic notation, v Verbose, show filenames as the mode is modified, this option is non-standard and

Itself rather than the file that the link points to. h If the file is a symbolic link, change the mode of the link f Do not display a diagnostic message if chmod could not modify the mode for file. (by default Symbolic links within the tree are not followed.) R -H Follow symbolic links on the command line Take care to not run recursive chmod on the root '/' directory or any other system directory. R Recurse: Change the mode of file hierarchies rooted in the files
