std::filesystem::perm_options(3)

NAME
std::filesystem::perm_options - std::filesystem::perm_options

Synopsis
   Defined in header <filesystem>
   enum class perm_options {
       replace = /* unspecified */,
       add = /* unspecified */, (since C++17)
       remove = /* unspecified */,
       nofollow = /* unspecified */
   };
   This type represents available options that control the behavior of the function
   std::filesystem::permissions().
   perm_options satisfies the requirements of BitmaskType (which means the bitwise
   operators operator&, operator|, operator^, operator~, operator&=, operator|=, and
   operator^= are defined for this type).

Member constants
   At most one of add, remove, replace may be present, otherwise the behavior of the
   permissions function is undefined.
   Member constant Meaning
   replace Permissions will be completely replaced by the argument to
                   permissions() (default behavior)
   add Permissions will be replaced by the bitwise OR of the argument and
                   the current permissions
   remove Permissions will be replaced by the bitwise AND of the negated
                   argument and current permissions
   nofollow Permissions will be changed on the symlink itself, rather than on
                   the file it resolves to

Example
// Run this code
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
 void demo_perms(std::filesystem::perms p)
 {
     using std::filesystem::perms;
     auto show = [=](char op, perms perm)
     {
         std::cout << (perms::none == (perm & p) ? '-' : op);
     };
     show('r', perms::owner_read);
     show('w', perms::owner_write);
     show('x', perms::owner_exec);
     show('r', perms::group_read);
     show('w', perms::group_write);
     show('x', perms::group_exec);
     show('r', perms::others_read);
     show('w', perms::others_write);
     show('x', perms::others_exec);
     std::cout << '\n';
 }
 int main()
 {
     std::ofstream("test.txt"); // create file
     std::cout << "Created file with permissions: ";
     demo_perms(std::filesystem::status("test.txt").permissions());
     std::filesystem::permissions(
         "test.txt",
         std::filesystem::perms::owner_all | std::filesystem::perms::group_all,
         std::filesystem::perm_options::add
     );
     std::cout << "After adding u+rwx and g+rwx: ";
     demo_perms(std::filesystem::status("test.txt").permissions());
     std::filesystem::remove("test.txt");
 }

Possible output:
 Created file with permissions: rw-r--r--
 After adding u+rwx and g+wrx: rwxrwxr--

See also
   permissions modifies file access permissions
   (C++17) (function)
   perms identifies file system permissions
   (C++17) (enum)