On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Dwivedi Ajay kumar wrote:
Another option is to write a script using the "test" chomand. I think the
option "-d" checks if a file is a directory, do a "man test" to be sure.
For special characters escape them with a "\"
hope it helps
sreangsu
> hi all,
> I have got a dircetory with all its subdirs and files in the mode
> 700. I wish to change the mode of all the directories to 755 and files
> in them to 644. Is there a way it can be done easily? chmod does not seem
> to distinguish between dir and files.
>
> Moreover is there a cool way to change the mode of all files
> starting with "." ? ".*" seems to match even ".." and during a recursive
> chmod changes the modes in even the parent directory.
>
> Bye... and thanks in advance.
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> #!!! If anything can go wrong, _FIX_ it. (To hell with MURPHY)
>
> Ajay kumar Dwivedi
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