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Thread: chmod a whole directory?
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09-11-2002, 11:24 PM #1WHT Addict
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chmod a whole directory?
does anyone remember how to chmod a whole directory and it's subdirectories and contains.
i'm limited to only using ftp to do this...so i'm not sure it can be done.
thanks!"If you come to a fork in the road...take it"
Yogi Berra
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09-11-2002, 11:33 PM #2A#* Duke Of New York
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chmod -r xxx *
or whatever the dir name for *, might be a capital RChicago Electronic Cigarettes: Tobacco Free, Smoke Free. 3 E-Cig Models, 11 flavors, and accessories.
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09-11-2002, 11:50 PM #3Disabled
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its chmod -R xxx dir/
or /home/dir
etc
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09-11-2002, 11:59 PM #4WHT Addict
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is a -R
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09-12-2002, 12:18 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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The -R just means recursive if you were wondering
Also, check out:
man chmod
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09-12-2002, 12:55 AM #6WHT Addict
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thank you!
"If you come to a fork in the road...take it"
Yogi Berra