Thanks for the input but I did read the man page and the /syntax/ of the command wasn't quite as clear to me as it seems to be to you. Thanks again for the input, though, it'll come in handy.On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:50:12 -0700, Thomas Smith <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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?
$ chmod -X
Always read the f* manual first!
man chmod:
#v+
The operator `+' causes the permissions selected to be added to the existing permissions of each file; `-' causes them to be removed; and `=' causes them to be the only permissions that the file has.
The letters `rwx*X*stugo' select the new permissions for the affected users: (...) execute only if the file is a directory or already has
execute permission for some user (*X*) (...)
#v-
Thanks to the others who replied, too. Using find worked better in this situation as it allowed me to confirm (-ok) each change.
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