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Daniel Bye wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 10:01:35PM +0530, Shantanoo Mahajan wrote:
>> # find /usr/local/www/data/wp -type f -exec chmod 644 '{}' \;
>> # find /usr/local/www/data/wp -type d -exec chmod 755 '{}' \;
>>
>> To be on safer side. :)
> 
> Oh? Safer how? I've never come across that idiom before.
If imange the file or directory name has spaces, (){}-, etc.. in it or
even \.


> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dan
> 


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