[aklug] Re: chmod

On 02/12/2013 10:27 PM, Scott A. Johnson wrote:
> I have tens of thousands of files nested inside several thousand
> directories on a data dump drive. I need to set different chmod levels
> for the files inside the directories, but a different chmod for the
> directories themselves. Example, the directories need to be 777 while
> the files are 755. Can I do this easily? Luckily I don't need to set
> different chmod levels for different/various files and/or directories.
> ALL the files should be 755 - ALL the directories 777. Unfortunatley:
> "sh# chmod -R 777 /" doesn't work since it will set the directories and
> files to be the same.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott
>
> --
> Scott A. Johnson
> scott.a.johnson@gmail.com <mailto:scott.a.johnson@gmail.com>

For directories:
find . (or whatever location) -type d -exec chmod 777 \{\} \;

For files:
find . -type f -exec chmod 755 \{\} \;

-Erinn

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