[X-Unix] need help with a command

[PoolMouse]

Eugene <list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net> wrote:

>On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 01:37:51PM +0000, Stroller wrote:
>:
>: On Mar 2, 2005, at 11:41 am, Eugene wrote:
>:
>: >: ... Also, sometimes it's best handling directories and
>: >: non-directory files separately when changing permissions,
>: >: e.g.  setting the 'x' (execute) bit makes sense for
>: >: directories but not for non-executable traditional Unix
>: >: files.  So, you could construct two commands like:
>: >:
>: >:  find PATH -type d -not -name '~Archive' -exec chmod DIR-MODE {} \;
>: >:  find PATH -type f -exec chmod NONDIR-MODE {} \;
>: >:
>: >: ... for changing dirs and regular files separately.
>: >
>: >Or do it all at once?
>: >
>: >	find PATH \(-type d -o -type f) -not \( -type d -a -name '~Archive'
>: >\) -exec chmod MODE "{}" \;
>:
>: That'll apply the same permissions to the directories as to the regular
>: files. As Scott said, we want directories to have +xxx permissions, but
>: not h4x0r.sh or tr0j4n.exe which got saved there by mistake.
>
>I wasn't responding to Scott.  I was responding specifically to
>the original poster, Don <poolmouse_nyc at mac.com>, and his request.
>Don never stated exactly what kind of permissions he wanted to
>apply.  And knowing the permissions issues with directories, I
>just went for the nastiest single-line command I could think of.
>
>--
>Eugene Lee
>http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

sorry for the late reply...didn't see the answers come in (i usually 
copy the original poster so they know they got a response - many of 
us are on many lists). i need to change folders to 777 and files to 
666.

don