Version 3
An even better method is:
[cc_bash]
find "$target" -type f -exec chmod -c "$mode_files" {} \; \
-or -type d -exec chmod -c "$mode_dir" {} \;
[/cc_bash]A true one-liner! :D
Version 2
A better method is this:
[cc_bash]
find "$target" -type f -exec chmod -c "$mode_files" {} \;
find "$target" -type d -exec chmod -c "$mode_dir" {} \;
[/cc_bash]
This one can also be used from the command line.
Version 1
Many times I needed to apply certain permissions recursively on a given path but with different permissions on files than on directories (i.e. I want 0644 for files and 0744 for directories). This behaviour is not provided by the chmod tool so here is a simple and effective bash function to do just that:
[cc_bash]# Recursively apply chmod to path.
# If mode_files is missing then apply mode_dir to files too.
# Params: target mode_dir [mode_files]
function deep_chmod() {
function _walk() {
local F
for F in `find "$1"`; do
local M="$3"; [[ `file -b "$F"` == "directory" ]] && M="$2"
chmod -c "$M" "$F" > /dev/null
done
}
if [[ $# > 2 ]]; then
_walk "$1" "$2" "$3"
else
chmod -Rc "$2" "$1"
fi
}[/cc_bash]
I'm looking for a way to improve on this since it is quite costly for large directories: for each file or directory at least two programs are executed (file and chmod) which is not very efficient! For now, it gets the job done.
Enjoy! :)
