-JhAzEr- wrote:

> Is it possible to retain a directory (and all its subdirectories) permission using 
>chmod? I've searched Jijo's Lurker regarding our previous discussion about chmod but 
>to no avail. Here's the scenario:
> 
> I have directory A, under it is Directory B and C.
> I just want to change directory A and B's permission.
> Directory C remains untouched.
> 
> is it possible? ...with only a single (chmod) command ;)

    chmod <mode> A A/B

or more complicated but more general,

    find A -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec chmod <mode> {} \; 

Benj

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