diff --git a/src/chmod/chmod.rs b/src/chmod/chmod.rs
index 7c3a5a352..16943f20a 100644
--- a/src/chmod/chmod.rs
+++ b/src/chmod/chmod.rs
@@ -45,24 +45,7 @@ pub fn uumain(mut args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
 
     // sanitize input for - at beginning (e.g. chmod -x testfile). Remove
     // the option and save it for later, after parsing is finished.
-    let mut negative_option = None;
-    for i in 0..args.len() {
-        if let Some(first) = args[i].chars().nth(0) {
-            if first != '-' {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if let Some(second) = args[i].chars().nth(1) {
-                match second {
-                    'r' | 'w' | 'x' | 'X' | 's' | 't' | 'u' | 'g' | 'o' | '0' ... '7' => {
-                        negative_option = Some(args.remove(i));
-                        break;
-                    },
-                    _ => {}
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    let negative_option = sanitize_input(&mut args);
 
     let mut matches = opts.parse(args);
     if matches.free.is_empty() {
@@ -93,8 +76,16 @@ pub fn uumain(mut args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
             } else {
                 None
             };
-        match chmod(matches.free, changes, quiet, verbose, preserve_root,
-                    recursive, fmode, cmode.as_ref()) {
+        let chmoder = Chmoder{
+            changes: changes,
+            quiet: quiet,
+            verbose: verbose,
+            preserve_root: preserve_root,
+            recursive: recursive,
+            fmode: fmode,
+            cmode: cmode,
+        };
+        match chmoder.chmod(matches.free) {
             Ok(()) => {}
             Err(e) => return e
         }
@@ -103,240 +94,271 @@ pub fn uumain(mut args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     0
 }
 
-fn chmod(files: Vec<String>, changes: bool, quiet: bool, verbose: bool, preserve_root: bool, recursive: bool, fmode: Option<u32>, cmode: Option<&String>) -> Result<(), i32> {
-    let mut r = Ok(());
+fn sanitize_input(args: &mut Vec<String>) -> Option<String> {
+    for i in 0..args.len() {
+        let first = args[i].chars().nth(0).unwrap();
+        if first != '-' {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if let Some(second) = args[i].chars().nth(1) {
+            match second {
+                'r' | 'w' | 'x' | 'X' | 's' | 't' | 'u' | 'g' | 'o' | '0' ... '7' => {
+                    return Some(args.remove(i));
+                },
+                _ => {}
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
 
-    for filename in &files {
-        let filename = &filename[..];
-        let file = Path::new(filename);
-        if file.exists() {
-            if file.is_dir() {
-                if !preserve_root || filename != "/" {
-                    if recursive {
-                        let walk_dir = match Walker::new(&file) {
-                            Ok(m) => m,
-                            Err(f) => {
-                                crash!(1, "{}", f.to_string());
-                            }
-                        };
-                        // XXX: here (and elsewhere) we see that this impl will have issues
-                        // with non-UTF-8 filenames. Using OsString won't fix this because
-                        // on Windows OsStrings cannot be built out of non-UTF-8 chars. One
-                        // possible fix is to use CStrings rather than Strings in the args
-                        // to chmod() and chmod_file().
-                        r = chmod(walk_dir.filter_map(|x| match x {
-                                                            Ok(o) => match o.path().into_os_string().to_str() {
-                                                                Some(s) => Some(s.to_owned()),
-                                                                None => None,
-                                                            },
-                                                            Err(_) => None,
-                                                          }).collect(),
-                                  changes, quiet, verbose, preserve_root, recursive, fmode, cmode).and(r);
-                        r = chmod_file(&file, filename, changes, quiet, verbose, fmode, cmode).and(r);
+struct Chmoder {
+    changes: bool,
+    quiet: bool,
+    verbose: bool,
+    preserve_root: bool,
+    recursive: bool,
+    fmode: Option<u32>,
+    cmode: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl Chmoder {
+
+    fn chmod(&self, files: Vec<String>) -> Result<(), i32> {
+        let mut r = Ok(());
+
+        for filename in &files {
+            let filename = &filename[..];
+            let file = Path::new(filename);
+            if file.exists() {
+                if file.is_dir() {
+                    if !self.preserve_root || filename != "/" {
+                        if self.recursive {
+                            let walk_dir = match Walker::new(&file) {
+                                Ok(m) => m,
+                                Err(f) => {
+                                    crash!(1, "{}", f.to_string());
+                                }
+                            };
+                            // XXX: here (and elsewhere) we see that this impl will have issues
+                            // with non-UTF-8 filenames. Using OsString won't fix this because
+                            // on Windows OsStrings cannot be built out of non-UTF-8 chars. One
+                            // possible fix is to use CStrings rather than Strings in the args
+                            // to chmod() and chmod_file().
+                            r = self.chmod(walk_dir.filter_map(|x| match x {
+                                                                Ok(o) => match o.path().into_os_string().to_str() {
+                                                                    Some(s) => Some(s.to_owned()),
+                                                                    None => None,
+                                                                },
+                                                                Err(_) => None,
+                                                              }).collect()).and(r);
+                            r = self.chmod_file(&file, filename).and(r);
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        show_error!("could not change permissions of directory '{}'",
+                                    filename);
+                        r = Err(1);
                     }
                 } else {
-                    show_error!("could not change permissions of directory '{}'",
-                                filename);
-                    r = Err(1);
+                    r = self.chmod_file(&file, filename).and(r);
                 }
             } else {
-                r = chmod_file(&file, filename, changes, quiet, verbose, fmode, cmode).and(r);
+                show_error!("no such file or directory '{}'", filename);
+                r = Err(1);
             }
+        }
+
+        r
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    fn chmod_file(&self, file: &Path, name: &str) -> Result<(), i32> {
+        // chmod is useless on Windows
+        // it doesn't set any permissions at all
+        // instead it just sets the readonly attribute on the file
+        Err(0)
+    }
+    #[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "redox"))]
+    fn chmod_file(&self, file: &Path, name: &str) -> Result<(), i32> {
+        let mut fperm = match fs::metadata(name) {
+            Ok(meta) => meta.mode() & 0o7777,
+            Err(err) => {
+                if !self.quiet {
+                    show_error!("{}", err);
+                }
+                return Err(1);
+            }
+        };
+        match self.fmode {
+            Some(mode) => try!(self.change_file(fperm, mode, file, name)),
+            None => {
+                let cmode_unwrapped = self.cmode.clone().unwrap();
+                for mode in cmode_unwrapped.split(',') {  // cmode is guaranteed to be Some in this case
+                    let arr: &[char] = &['0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9'];
+                    let result =
+                        if mode.contains(arr) {
+                            self.parse_numeric(fperm, mode)
+                        } else {
+                            self.parse_symbolic(fperm, mode, file)
+                        };
+                    match result {
+                        Ok(mode) => {
+                            try!(self.change_file(fperm, mode, file, name));
+                            fperm = mode;
+                        }
+                        Err(f) => {
+                            if !self.quiet {
+                                show_error!("{}", f);
+                            }
+                            return Err(1);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn parse_numeric(&self, fperm: u32, mut mode: &str) -> Result<u32, String> {
+        let (op, pos) = try!(self.parse_op(mode, Some('=')));
+        mode = mode[pos..].trim_left_matches('0');
+        if mode.len() > 4 {
+            Err(format!("mode is too large ({} > 7777)", mode))
         } else {
-            show_error!("no such file or directory '{}'", filename);
-            r = Err(1);
+            match u32::from_str_radix(mode, 8) {
+                Ok(change) => {
+                    Ok(match op {
+                        '+' => fperm | change,
+                        '-' => fperm & !change,
+                        '=' => change,
+                        _ => unreachable!()
+                    })
+                }
+                Err(err) => Err(err.description().to_owned())
+            }
         }
     }
 
-    r
-}
+    fn parse_symbolic(&self, mut fperm: u32, mut mode: &str, file: &Path) -> Result<u32, String> {
+        #[cfg(unix)]
+        use libc::umask;
 
-#[cfg(windows)]
-fn chmod_file(file: &Path, name: &str, changes: bool, quiet: bool, verbose: bool, fmode: Option<u32>, cmode: Option<&String>) -> Result<(), i32> {
-    // chmod is useless on Windows
-    // it doesn't set any permissions at all
-    // instead it just sets the readonly attribute on the file
-    Err(0)
-}
-#[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "redox"))]
-fn chmod_file(file: &Path, name: &str, changes: bool, quiet: bool, verbose: bool, fmode: Option<u32>, cmode: Option<&String>) -> Result<(), i32> {
-    let mut fperm = match fs::metadata(name) {
-        Ok(meta) => meta.mode() & 0o7777,
-        Err(err) => {
-            if !quiet {
+        #[cfg(target_os = "redox")]
+        unsafe fn umask(_mask: u32) -> u32 {
+            // XXX Redox does not currently have umask
+            0
+        }
+
+        let (mask, pos) = self.parse_levels(mode);
+        if pos == mode.len() {
+            return Err(format!("invalid mode ({})", mode));
+        }
+        let respect_umask = pos == 0;
+        let last_umask = unsafe {
+            umask(0)
+        };
+        mode = &mode[pos..];
+        while mode.len() > 0 {
+            let (op, pos) = try!(self.parse_op(mode, None));
+            mode = &mode[pos..];
+            let (mut srwx, pos) = self.parse_change(mode, fperm, file);
+            if respect_umask {
+                srwx &= !(last_umask as u32);
+            }
+            mode = &mode[pos..];
+            match op {
+                '+' => fperm |= srwx & mask,
+                '-' => fperm &= !(srwx & mask),
+                '=' => fperm = (fperm & !mask) | (srwx & mask),
+                _ => unreachable!()
+            }
+        }
+        unsafe {
+            umask(last_umask);
+        }
+        Ok(fperm)
+    }
+
+    fn parse_levels(&self, mode: &str) -> (u32, usize) {
+        let mut mask = 0;
+        let mut pos = 0;
+        for ch in mode.chars() {
+            mask |= match ch {
+                'u' => 0o7700,
+                'g' => 0o7070,
+                'o' => 0o7007,
+                'a' => 0o7777,
+                _ => break
+            };
+            pos += 1;
+        }
+        if pos == 0 {
+            mask = 0o7777;  // default to 'a'
+        }
+        (mask, pos)
+    }
+
+    fn parse_op(&self, mode: &str, default: Option<char>) -> Result<(char, usize), String> {
+        match mode.chars().next() {
+            Some(ch) => match ch {
+                '+' | '-' | '=' => Ok((ch, 1)),
+                _ => match default {
+                    Some(ch) => Ok((ch, 0)),
+                    None => Err(format!("invalid operator (expected +, -, or =, but found {})", ch))
+                }
+            },
+            None => Err("unexpected end of mode".to_owned())
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn parse_change(&self, mode: &str, fperm: u32, file: &Path) -> (u32, usize) {
+        let mut srwx = fperm & 0o7000;
+        let mut pos = 0;
+        for ch in mode.chars() {
+            match ch {
+                'r' => srwx |= 0o444,
+                'w' => srwx |= 0o222,
+                'x' => srwx |= 0o111,
+                'X' => {
+                    if file.is_dir() || (fperm & 0o0111) != 0 {
+                        srwx |= 0o111
+                    }
+                }
+                's' => srwx |= 0o4000 | 0o2000,
+                't' => srwx |= 0o1000,
+                'u' => srwx = (fperm & 0o700) | ((fperm >> 3) & 0o070) | ((fperm >> 6) & 0o007),
+                'g' => srwx = ((fperm << 3) & 0o700) | (fperm & 0o070) | ((fperm >> 3) & 0o007),
+                'o' => srwx = ((fperm << 6) & 0o700) | ((fperm << 3) & 0o070) | (fperm & 0o007),
+                _ => break
+            };
+            pos += 1;
+        }
+        if pos == 0 {
+            srwx = 0;
+        }
+        (srwx, pos)
+    }
+
+    fn change_file(&self, fperm: u32, mode: u32, file: &Path, path: &str) -> Result<(), i32> {
+        if fperm == mode {
+            if self.verbose && !self.changes {
+                show_info!("mode of '{}' retained as {:o}", file.display(), fperm);
+            }
+            Ok(())
+        } else if let Err(err) = fs::set_permissions(Path::new(path), fs::Permissions::from_mode(mode)) {
+            if !self.quiet {
                 show_error!("{}", err);
             }
-            return Err(1);
-        }
-    };
-    match fmode {
-        Some(mode) => try!(change_file(fperm, mode, file, name, verbose, changes, quiet)),
-        None => {
-            for mode in cmode.unwrap().split(',') {  // cmode is guaranteed to be Some in this case
-                let arr: &[char] = &['0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9'];
-                let result =
-                    if mode.contains(arr) {
-                        parse_numeric(fperm, mode)
-                    } else {
-                        parse_symbolic(fperm, mode, file)
-                    };
-                match result {
-                    Ok(mode) => {
-                        try!(change_file(fperm, mode, file, name, verbose, changes, quiet));
-                        fperm = mode;
-                    }
-                    Err(f) => {
-                        if !quiet {
-                            show_error!("{}", f);
-                        }
-                        return Err(1);
-                    }
-                }
+            if self.verbose {
+                show_info!("failed to change mode of file '{}' from {:o} to {:o}", file.display(), fperm, mode);
             }
-        }
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-fn parse_numeric(fperm: u32, mut mode: &str) -> Result<u32, String> {
-    let (op, pos) = try!(parse_op(mode, Some('=')));
-    mode = mode[pos..].trim_left_matches('0');
-    if mode.len() > 4 {
-        Err(format!("mode is too large ({} > 7777)", mode))
-    } else {
-        match u32::from_str_radix(mode, 8) {
-            Ok(change) => {
-                Ok(match op {
-                    '+' => fperm | change,
-                    '-' => fperm & !change,
-                    '=' => change,
-                    _ => unreachable!()
-                })
+            Err(1)
+        } else {
+            if self.verbose || self.changes {
+                show_info!("mode of '{}' changed from {:o} to {:o}", file.display(), fperm, mode);
             }
-            Err(err) => Err(err.description().to_owned())
+            Ok(())
         }
     }
-}
-
-fn parse_symbolic(mut fperm: u32, mut mode: &str, file: &Path) -> Result<u32, String> {
-    #[cfg(unix)]
-    use libc::umask;
-
-    #[cfg(target_os = "redox")]
-    unsafe fn umask(_mask: u32) -> u32 {
-        // XXX Redox does not currently have umask
-        0
-    }
-
-    let (mask, pos) = parse_levels(mode);
-    if pos == mode.len() {
-        return Err(format!("invalid mode ({})", mode));
-    }
-    let respect_umask = pos == 0;
-    let last_umask = unsafe {
-        umask(0)
-    };
-    mode = &mode[pos..];
-    while mode.len() > 0 {
-        let (op, pos) = try!(parse_op(mode, None));
-        mode = &mode[pos..];
-        let (mut srwx, pos) = parse_change(mode, fperm, file);
-        if respect_umask {
-            srwx &= !(last_umask as u32);
-        }
-        mode = &mode[pos..];
-        match op {
-            '+' => fperm |= srwx & mask,
-            '-' => fperm &= !(srwx & mask),
-            '=' => fperm = (fperm & !mask) | (srwx & mask),
-            _ => unreachable!()
-        }
-    }
-    unsafe {
-        umask(last_umask);
-    }
-    Ok(fperm)
-}
-
-fn parse_levels(mode: &str) -> (u32, usize) {
-    let mut mask = 0;
-    let mut pos = 0;
-    for ch in mode.chars() {
-        mask |= match ch {
-            'u' => 0o7700,
-            'g' => 0o7070,
-            'o' => 0o7007,
-            'a' => 0o7777,
-            _ => break
-        };
-        pos += 1;
-    }
-    if pos == 0 {
-        mask = 0o7777;  // default to 'a'
-    }
-    (mask, pos)
-}
-
-fn parse_op(mode: &str, default: Option<char>) -> Result<(char, usize), String> {
-    match mode.chars().next() {
-        Some(ch) => match ch {
-            '+' | '-' | '=' => Ok((ch, 1)),
-            _ => match default {
-                Some(ch) => Ok((ch, 0)),
-                None => Err(format!("invalid operator (expected +, -, or =, but found {})", ch))
-            }
-        },
-        None => Err("unexpected end of mode".to_owned())
-    }
-}
-
-fn parse_change(mode: &str, fperm: u32, file: &Path) -> (u32, usize) {
-    let mut srwx = fperm & 0o7000;
-    let mut pos = 0;
-    for ch in mode.chars() {
-        match ch {
-            'r' => srwx |= 0o444,
-            'w' => srwx |= 0o222,
-            'x' => srwx |= 0o111,
-            'X' => {
-                if file.is_dir() || (fperm & 0o0111) != 0 {
-                    srwx |= 0o111
-                }
-            }
-            's' => srwx |= 0o4000 | 0o2000,
-            't' => srwx |= 0o1000,
-            'u' => srwx = (fperm & 0o700) | ((fperm >> 3) & 0o070) | ((fperm >> 6) & 0o007),
-            'g' => srwx = ((fperm << 3) & 0o700) | (fperm & 0o070) | ((fperm >> 3) & 0o007),
-            'o' => srwx = ((fperm << 6) & 0o700) | ((fperm << 3) & 0o070) | (fperm & 0o007),
-            _ => break
-        };
-        pos += 1;
-    }
-    if pos == 0 {
-        srwx = 0;
-    }
-    (srwx, pos)
-}
-
-fn change_file(fperm: u32, mode: u32, file: &Path, path: &str, verbose: bool, changes: bool, quiet: bool) -> Result<(), i32> {
-    if fperm == mode {
-        if verbose && !changes {
-            show_info!("mode of '{}' retained as {:o}", file.display(), fperm);
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    } else if let Err(err) = fs::set_permissions(Path::new(path), fs::Permissions::from_mode(mode)) {
-        if !quiet {
-            show_error!("{}", err);
-        }
-        if verbose {
-            show_info!("failed to change mode of file '{}' from {:o} to {:o}", file.display(), fperm, mode);
-        }
-        Err(1)
-    } else {
-        if verbose || changes {
-            show_info!("mode of '{}' changed from {:o} to {:o}", file.display(), fperm, mode);
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
+}
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