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chmod.2: Clarify terminology (file mode versus file permission bits) 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2016-02-13 18:01:29 +01:00
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@ -83,19 +83,21 @@ The
.BR chmod ()
and
.BR fchmod ()
system calls change the permissions of a file.
They differ only in how the file is specified:
system calls change a files mode bits.
(The file mode consists of the file permission bits plus the set-user-ID,
set-group-ID, and sticky bits.)
These system calls differ only in how the file is specified:
.IP * 2
.BR chmod ()
changes the permissions of the file specified whose pathname is given in
changes the mode of the file specified whose pathname is given in
.IR pathname ,
which is dereferenced if it is a symbolic link.
.IP *
.BR fchmod ()
changes the permissions of the file referred to by the open file descriptor
changes the mode of the file referred to by the open file descriptor
.IR fd .
.PP
The new file permissions are specified in
The new file mode is specified in
.IR mode ,
which is a bit mask created by ORing together zero or
more of the following: