Makes the permissions of file2 the same as file1

$ chmod --reference file1 file2



Ex:
arul@arul-desktop:~$ ls -ll
drwxr-xr-x 1 arul arul       134 2011-01-16 02:09 ruby-samples
drwx------ 1 arul arul        96 2011-02-19 01:43 python-ex

arul@arul-desktop:~$ chmod --reference ruby-samples/ python-ex
drwxr-xr-x 1 arul arul       134 2011-01-16 02:09 ruby-samples
drwxr-xr-x 1 arul arul        96 2011-02-19 01:43 python-ex