<quote who="Jamie Wilkinson"> > > find <see-below> -type d | xargs chmod 644 > > This is almost always wrong because people put whitespace in filenames. Use > the null separator argument to find and xargs: > > find snuh -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 3777
Excellent point. Though I do have a policy of mandatory evisceration where the crime of whitespace in filenames is perpetrated on my systems. This has inspired a new range of designer colostomy bag covers in corduroy, velvet, and the ever popular denim. - Jeff -- FISL 7.0: Porto Alegre, Brazil http://fisl.softwarelivre.org/7.0/www/ "How was the opera?" "The seats were very comfortable." -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
