From 474ca28ff1735fc0b127fb1365ff55eed9bc9d76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Thompson Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 09:01:12 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update chmod.md: Add recursive chmod Might not be approved, but this is the classic 755 on all directories, 644 on all files in a tree a la: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18817744/change-all-files-and-folders-permissions-of-a-directory-to-644-755 As I just discovered `tldr`, I had to try my hand at changing a command --- pages/common/chmod.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/pages/common/chmod.md b/pages/common/chmod.md index 92ad8ca4f4..00548adc84 100644 --- a/pages/common/chmod.md +++ b/pages/common/chmod.md @@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ - Give [o]thers (not in the file owner's group) the same rights as the group: `chmod o=g {{file}}` + +- Change permissions [-R]ecursively giving the [u]ser [r]ead, [w]rite, and e[X]ecute rights, and give [g]roup and [o]thers [r]ead and e[X]ecute rights but not [-w]rite rights: + +`chmod -R u+rwX,go+rX,go-w {{directory}}`