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waro Joined: Jul 30, 2008 Posts: 4 Other Topics	Posted Jul 30, 2008 at 2:33:35 AM Subject: Changing permission for all directory only Usually we use this command below to changing permission for files & directories recursively: [code]chmod 664 -Rf *[/code] But what is the command if I want to change permission for directories only recursively? Thanks
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Johannes Truschnigg Joined Jun 15, 2008 Posts: 27 Other Topics	Posted: Jul 30, 2008 12:48:55 PM Subject: Changing permission for all directory only [code=xml]find /path/to/starting/directory -type d -exec chmod 775 {} +[/code] Just substitute [b]/path/to/starting/directory[/b] and [b]775[/b] according to your specific needs. Free software. Free society. Better lives.
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waro Joined Jul 30, 2008 Posts: 4 Other Topics	Posted: Jul 31, 2008 1:27:51 AM Subject: Changing permission for all directory only Thank you for the answer. One question though, what is the '+' symbol at the end the command?
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