From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Mon Sep 10 17:18:22 2007
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F04C16A41A
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:18:22 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from lists-fbsd@shadypond.com)
Received: from mx-outbound01.easydns.com (mailout.easydns.com [205.210.42.54])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC44013C4A3
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:18:21 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from lists-fbsd@shadypond.com)
Received: from slider.shadypond.com (69-12-173-117.static.humboldt1.com
	[69.12.173.117])
	(using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
	(No client certificate requested)
	by mx-outbound01.easydns.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0145181E1
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:18:19 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from slider.shadypond.com (slider.shadypond.com [192.168.1.11])
	by slider.shadypond.com (postoffice) with ESMTP id 7B7B8B65A3
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:18:17 +0000 (UTC)
From: Pollywog <lists-fbsd@shadypond.com>
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:18:16 +0000
References: <94136a2c0709100856q768b101as96e1e6d16312d374@mail.gmail.com>
	<20070910161006.GB20159@catflap.slightlystrange.org>
	<A2DB3A06-0AC3-4975-AAD0-75638560AC76@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <A2DB3A06-0AC3-4975-AAD0-75638560AC76@gmail.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
  charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline
Message-Id: <200709101718.16467.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com>
Subject: Re: chmod / files and directories
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:18:22 -0000

On Monday 10 September 2007 16:31:35 Shantanoo Mahajan wrote:
> On 10-Sep-07, at 9:40 PM, Daniel Bye wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 05:06:07PM +0100, Daniel Bye wrote:
> >> On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 05:56:12PM +0200, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> I did read man chmod but I am not really wiser. Is there an
> >>> option to
> >>> recursively set 755 permissions for directories and 644 for files?
> >>> When I just issue
> >>> chmod -R 755 /usr/local/www/data/wp/
> >>> then all files and directories under wp/ are given permissions 755
> >>> which is not what I want.
> >>> I can do it manually but since there are manyt subdirectories I
> >>> thought I would make my life easier. Many thanks in advance!
> >
> > Sorry, that *should* have been:
> >
> >   # find /usr/local/www/data/wp -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
> >   # find /usr/local/www/data/wp -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
>
> # find /usr/local/www/data/wp -type f -exec chmod 644 '{}' \;
> # find /usr/local/www/data/wp -type d -exec chmod 755 '{}' \;

Why the single quotes around the {}  ?  I don't think I have seen that before 
and I want to understand it before I save it in my notes.  I have often 
wanted to perform the same task but I did not know if there was a way.