-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 22 October 2003 06:50 pm, Thomas Smith wrote: > I need to chmod a directory tree to change the permissions on the > directories but not the files they contain. > > Is there a way to do this with chmod or another tool? Something like: find /path/to/directory -type d -exec chmod 775 "{}" \; Or, if you want to be prompted before each chmod command is executed: find /path/to/directory -type d -ok chmod 775 "{}" \; Hope that helps, - -- - -Michael pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/gpgkey.txt Red Hat Linux 7.{2,3}|8.0|9 in 8M of RAM: http://www.rule-project.org/en/ - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQE/lxF6n/07WoAb/SsRAlryAJiPii1yMJJ3Qxv87mOG8PmgHj+xAJwP1YSC ODHR4IHTfgQtBJ90Mylmfw== =+Qd0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list