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On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 01:38:13PM -0400, Philip M. Gollucci wrote:
> 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. :)
> >=20
> > 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 \.

Ah, I see. Yes, makes sense.

Cheers.

Dan

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