Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 15:12:39 -0700 From: Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> To: Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: comparing permissions in an archive Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20051001151129.03279010@cobalt.antimatter.net> In-Reply-To: <200510011429.40261.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> References: <200510011429.40261.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>
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At 02:29 PM 10/1/2005, Vizion wrote: >Hi > >Someone must know a simple way to do this: > >I regulalrly need to compare the permissions of two largely similar archives >stored in two seperate paths. > >Most of the files are of the same name and relative path but there may be >miscellaneous additional files present or absent in each archive. > >I want: >1. to be able to produce a list of the full path and name of those >files that >share an identical path from their respective archive roots, but have >different permissions. > >2. After examining the list I would like to be able to adjust the permissions >so that files of the same path and name in one selected archive are afjusted >to match the permissions of their equivalent file in the other archive. > >Does anyone have a simple solution? take a look at mtree, it should be able to do what you need. -Glenn >thanks > >david > > >-- >40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. >English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. > Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing bound for Europe via Panama Canal after >completing engineroom refit. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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