Multiple choice technology

The chown command will recursively change the ownership of all files when the ____ option is included

  1. -c

  2. -r

  3. -R

  4. -m
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The chown command with -R (capital R) option recursively changes ownership of a directory and all its contents. Lowercase -r is not a valid chown option. Option C is correct - Unix conventions use -R for recursive operations on directory trees. Options A and D are unrelated chown options.

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