Usually means: Changes file and directory permissions.
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  2. chmod: Dictionary.com
  3. Chmod: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. chmod: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
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  4. Chmod (Unix), chmod: Encyclopedia

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  1. CHMod, Chmod: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Chmod)

noun:  In Unix and Unix-like operating systems, is the command and system call used to change the access permissions and the special mode flags (the setuid, setgid, and sticky flags) of file system objects (files and directories).


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