On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Thought wrote: > How do I make a whole directory tree and it's files readable by everyone? > I can't just chmod -R a+r dir because then they won't be able to cd to the > directories, but I can't chmod -R a+rx dir because then all the files will > be executable... Is there a way to make the directories +x without making > all the files +x? Or better yet is there a way to copy the owner's > permissions to the group and other's permissions? Thanks
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