[plug] changing permissions through multiple directories

Richard wpickett at iprimus.com.au
Tue May 21 17:38:21 WST 2002


On Tuesday 21 May 2002 3:36 pm, Tim Bowden wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> 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?
>
> Thanks,
> Tim Bowden

Just thought I'd add, if using KDE2.2.2 file manager in superuser mode there 
is a check box for applying permission settings recursively. Prefer chmod 
though :)



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