> > > This is a result of discussion on lkml on usefulness of x bit on dirs. > > > It adds new flag to chmod: > > > > > > chmod -R a+R dir > > > > > > R=(r for files, rx for dirs)
> > Such as the following? What am I missing? > > > > chmod -R a+rX dir > > This will make all files a+r, all dirs a+rx, _and_ all files with at > least one x bit set a+rx. I don't want those files to become > world-executable! What if some of them are SUIDs? As I read your message it was what I had read that you wanted. But now I see that you do not want to make any files executable. Sorry about that. I misread it. You want everything to get r but directories only to get x. In that case, how about the following: find dir -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod a+rx chmod -R a+r Find is a very powerful filesystem searching program and with xargs provides a consistent interface to all of the utilities. Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
