On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 09:19:16AM -0400, Timothy Writer wrote:
> I recommend using find in combination with xargs instead of -exec. Like
> this:
>
> find <root-dir> -type f -print | xargs chmod 644
> find <root-dir> -type d -print | xargs chmod 755
I agree about xargs, but use the NUL options:
Use find ... -print0 | xargs -0
This eliminates problems with whitespace (e.g. newline) in filenames.
Since any character except NUL and '/' are allowed in filenames,
the only valid separator/terminator is NUL.
Regards,
Bill Rugolsky
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