[plug] changing permissions through multiple directories

The Thought Assassin assassin at live.wasp.net.au
Tue May 21 16:21:18 WST 2002


On Tue, 21 May 2002, Tim Bowden wrote:
> I have a directory tree that is several layers deep, with multiple files in
> each.  I need to change the permissions on all the files/ directories in
> one go.  how do i provide the arguments to chmod to do this?

man chmod:
...
OPTIONS:
...
       -R, --recursive
              change files and directories recursively

Is that what you're after?

-Greg



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