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+=== Recursively Setting Permissions ===
+It is sometimes useful to use the chmod ''-R'' option to recursively set all the permissions on a directory and all of its contents. However, it is quite common to need to set execute permissions on directories but not on files. You can indicate this to ''chmod'' using a capital X for the execute permission.
+  # Don't do this! It will set Execute permission on files and directories.
+  chmod -R go+rx publicdir
+  # Instead, do this: it will set Execute permission on directories only, and not on files
+  # (Notice the capital X in the symbolic permissions)
+  chmod -R go+rX publicdir
+=== Other useful chmod Options ===
+<code>
+  -v    Verbose: show information about each file processed (whether changed or not)
+  -c    Changes: show information about each change made (no output for unchanged files)</code>
 ====  Controlling Permissions on New Files and Directories  ====