Tobia Conforto wrote:
> Dear coreutils maintainers,
>
> I'd like to ask for an often needed feature of chmod: the ability to set
> different modes for files and directories. I will briefly explain the
> need, and then propose a possible syntax.
>
current: find some/path -type d -exec chmod g+s {} +
proposed: chmod -R d:g+s some/path
I think the find syntax is more general/known/standardized.
So I don't think this use case warrants the change.
> The same is true when someone
> extracts some files from an archive or copies them over a removable
> media, where permissions need to be reset to something sane, like 755/644:
>
current: chmod -R 755 another/path; find another/path -type f -exec chmod 644
{} +
proposed: chmod -R d:755,f:644 another/path
This case is more valid as it would be faster since you'd be traversing
the branch only once. Though again it's more syntax.
TBH I never use chmod -R (or grep -R etc.) and always use
the more general `find`.
So I'd not be inclined to make this change.
cheers,
Pádraig.
