On Wed, 19 Mar 1997 23:00:18 PST Thought ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > How do I make a whole directory tree and it's files readable by everyone? > I can't just chmod -R a+r dir because then they won't be able to cd to the > directories, but I can't chmod -R a+rx dir because then all the files will > be executable... Is there a way to make the directories +x without making > all the files +x? Or better yet is there a way to copy the owner's > permissions to the group and other's permissions? Thanks
Either: find <dir> -type d | xargs chmod a+rx Or: chmod -R a+rX <dir> (this will make all files and directories readable, and inodes with an existing execute permission executable) Phil.