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     The chmod function changes the permission setting of the file
     specified by <filename>. The permission setting controls read and
     write access to the file.
 
     The constant expression <pmode> contains one or both of the
     manifest constants S_IWRITE and S_IREAD, defined in SYS\STAT.H.
     Any other values for <pmode> are ignored. When both constants are
     given, they are joined with the bitwise-OR operator (|). The
     meaning of the <pmode> argument is determined by either the
     S_IWRITE or S_IREAD manifest constant.
 
     If write permission is not given, the file is read-only. Under
     MS-DOS and OS/2, all files are readable; it is not possible
     to give write-only permission. Thus the modes S_IWRITE and
     S_IREAD | S_IWRITE are equivalent.
 
     Return Value
 
     The chmod function returns the value 0 if the permission setting
     is successfully changed. A return value of -1 indicates an error;
     in this case, errno is set to ENOENT, indicating that the
     specified file could not be found.
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