Re: [expert] chmod question

2003-06-06 Thread charlie
On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 12:10 am, Greg Meyer sent this :- > WTF is YCITMIGA? Thanks for asking and finding out what it means Greg. I thought it must be a well known thing, and I better just let it go. That's on of the great advantages of such a list. Someone asks questions for you, and sometimes you

Re: [expert] chmod question

2003-06-06 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 23:00, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 03:08, charlie wrote: > > On Fri, 6 Jun 2003 04:30 am, Michael Noble sent this :- > > > > P.S. In the future, please consider asking this sort of question on the > > > > "newbie" list (or, better yet, on a generic linux/u

Re: [expert] chmod question

2003-06-06 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 03:08, charlie wrote: > On Fri, 6 Jun 2003 04:30 am, Michael Noble sent this :- > > > P.S. In the future, please consider asking this sort of question on the > > > "newbie" list (or, better yet, on a generic linux/unix list.) > > > YCITMIGA... > > > > Come on this list is fo

Re: [expert] chmod question

2003-06-06 Thread Steven Broos
On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 02:10, Greg Meyer wrote: > > > YCITMIGA... > > > WTF is YCITMIGA? Yah, what does it mean ? > I'm kind of between a newbie and an expert, so I answer posts on the newbie > list and ask my questions on the expert list. Me too. Good idea, I'll try to help a little on the 'b

Re: [expert] chmod question

2003-06-06 Thread charlie
On Fri, 6 Jun 2003 04:30 am, Michael Noble sent this :- > > P.S. In the future, please consider asking this sort of question on the > > "newbie" list (or, better yet, on a generic linux/unix list.) > > YCITMIGA... > > Come on this list is for people to learn and ask questions. > > Mike I too fou

Re: [expert] chmod question

2003-06-06 Thread PlugHead
Sorry if I came off as sounding snotty, but it didn't strike me as either "expert" or "mandrake" specific. However, I probably should have let it go, given all the other off topic "chatter" that goes on. (Umm, like this message--Oh, and I shouldn't post immediately after reading cnn.com... mak

Re: [expert] chmod question

2003-06-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Friday 06 June 2003 12:30 am, Michael Noble wrote: > On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 21:18, PlugHead wrote: > > P.S. In the future, please consider asking this sort of question on the > > "newbie" list (or, better yet, on a generic linux/unix list.) > > YCITMIGA... > WTF is YCITMIGA? I thought the mea

Re: [expert] chmod question

2003-06-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Friday 06 June 2003 12:21 am, Joeb wrote: > I like your solution much better than mine! Your method was exactly what I was going to do when I stopped myself and said there must be a better way. -- Greg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] chmod question

2003-06-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Thursday 05 June 2003 11:59 pm, Michael Noble wrote: > To change files: > > find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; > > To change directories: > > find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; Thanks Mike, this is exactly what I was hoping for. Sorry it took so long to acknowledge, but it has been a hel

Re: [expert] chmod question

2003-06-05 Thread Michael Noble
On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 21:18, PlugHead wrote: > Greg, > > I don't see it either, but you should be able to accomplish the same effect by > using the "find" command. See "man find" and search for "-type". On my > system, the types "directory" (d) and "regular file" (f) are supported... > Ther

Re: [expert] chmod question

2003-06-05 Thread Joeb
On 05 Jun 2003 20:59:11 -0700 Michael Noble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greg, > > chmod will not distinguish between files and directories. > To do the changes you propose, you will want to use find and > chmod together. > > I will assume you are at the base of what you want to change. > > To

Re: [expert] chmod question

2003-06-05 Thread Joeb
On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 22:58:45 -0400 Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can I run chmod so that it only applies the changes to files or only to > directories. I don't see an option in the man page that does this, but I am > sure it must be possible. I want my files to be set to 644 and my >

Re: [expert] chmod question

2003-06-05 Thread PlugHead
Greg, I don't see it either, but you should be able to accomplish the same effect by using the "find" command. See "man find" and search for "-type". On my system, the types "directory" (d) and "regular file" (f) are supported... So, something like: find -type d -exec chmod 755 \{\} \; find

Re: [expert] chmod question

2003-06-05 Thread Michael Noble
Greg, chmod will not distinguish between files and directories. To do the changes you propose, you will want to use find and chmod together. I will assume you are at the base of what you want to change. To change files: find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; To change directories: find . -type

[expert] chmod question

2003-06-05 Thread Greg Meyer
Can I run chmod so that it only applies the changes to files or only to directories. I don't see an option in the man page that does this, but I am sure it must be possible. I want my files to be set to 644 and my directories to 755. -- Greg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSo

Re: [expert] CHMOD Question

2001-01-06 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach Sevatio Octavio am Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 11:59:53AM +: > >From the Console: How do you chmod just the files in a directory tree > without going into each directory? chmod 123 $(find /dir/here -type f) Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.

Re[2]: [expert] CHMOD Question

2001-01-05 Thread Rusty Carruth
Sevatio Octavio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rusty, > > Thank you so much. Your solution did the trick. > > BTW, where did you acquire this info? > > Seve > Well, I think it came from reading bunches of 'unix how-to' type info, and then having that message show up (about unmatched ', or ", o

Re: [expert] CHMOD Question

2001-01-05 Thread Mark Berry
On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Mike MacCana wrote: The idea was they didn't want to catch all the subdir's as well. > chmod -R 0750 ./* > > jean-philippe wrote: > > > I don't understand what you ask. > > Maybe what you want is : > > chmod 0750 /Directory/*/* > > This will chmod all the files in every d

Re: [expert] CHMOD Question

2001-01-04 Thread Mike MacCana
ry" and you wanted to > > chmod all the files in those directories at once? > > > > Seve > > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > > > On 1/4/01,

Re: [expert] CHMOD Question

2001-01-04 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Rusty, Thank you so much. Your solution did the trick. BTW, where did you acquire this info? Seve >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 1/4/01, 3:46:33 PM, Rust

Re[2]: [expert] CHMOD Question

2001-01-04 Thread Rusty Carruth
bcc sent to Servatio also... Sevatio Octavio<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rusty, > > You got it!!! Now, what does "xargs: unmatched single quote" mean? > That's what it's telling me when I use your method. Am I missing > something from the line? > > find /the/directory/in/question -type f |

Re: [expert] CHMOD Question

2001-01-04 Thread Sevatio Octavio
>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 1/4/01, 8:59:52 AM, Rusty Carruth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re[2]: [expert] CHMOD Question: > Sevatio Octavio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [expert] CHMOD Question

2001-01-04 Thread Sevatio Octavio
lt;<<<<<< On 1/4/01, 8:41:16 AM, Holly Henry-Pilkington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: [expert] CHMOD Question: > Sevatio Octavio wrote: > > > > >From the Console: How do you chmod just the files in a directory tree > > without going into e

Re: [expert] CHMOD Question

2001-01-04 Thread Andrew George
and you wanted to > chmod all the files in those directories at once? > > Seve > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > On 1/4/01, 4:08:48 AM, jea

Re: [expert] CHMOD Question

2001-01-04 Thread jean-philippe
;>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > On 1/4/01, 4:08:48 AM, jean-philippe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding > Re: [expert] CHMOD Question: > > > Sevatio Octavio wrote: >

Re: [expert] CHMOD Question

2001-01-04 Thread Sevatio Octavio
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 1/4/01, 4:08:48 AM, jean-philippe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: [expert] CHMOD Question: > Sevatio Octavio wrote: > > > > >From the Console: How do you chmod just the files in a directory tre

[expert] CHMOD Question

2001-01-04 Thread Sevatio Octavio
>From the Console: How do you chmod just the files in a directory tree without going into each directory? Seve