command - What will be result of chmod -R 777 - Ask Ubuntu

chmod 777 Using chmod 777 file. I'm trying to change the permissions of temp_dir to 777. Why are these commands not accomplishing that? I'm using Linux by the way.

aplikasi ina777, View (u)ser, (g)roup and (o)thers permissions for chmod 777 (chmod a+rwx) or use free on chmod calculator to modify permissions easily..