merlyn@intelob.intel.com (Randal L. Schwartz @ Stonehenge) (05/09/89)
In article <19486@adm.BRL.MIL>, Kemp@DOCKMASTER writes: | I have run across a bug in either csh or my understanding of it (almost | certainly the latter). I have a directory of files that were read from | a tape with no world permissions: | | -rw-r----- root a.c | -rw-r----- root b.c | -rwxr-x--- root a.out | | I want to change all the files to have world read permission, and all | the executables to have world execute. I tried the following in csh as | root: | | # foreach f (*) | ? if -x $f chmod o+x $f | ? end | | and it selected EVERY file, not just those with execute permission. (I | actually used echo instead of chmod while testing). If I do the same | thing as a normal user, it works properly. What I do frequently in my public bin is: chmod go=u-w * which says "chmod these files for group and other to whatever it is *for me* minus the 'write'". (I put files that need to be publicly writable somewhere else.) So rw------- becomes rw-r--r-- and rwx------ becomes rwxr-xr-x, automagically. Ain't chmod fun? -- ***** PLEASE NOTE THE NEW ADDRESS ***** /=Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095===\ { on contract to BiiN, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA, until 14 May 1989 } { <merlyn@intelob.intel.com> ...!uunet!tektronix!biin!merlyn } { or try <merlyn@agora.hf.intel.com> after 15 May 1989 } \=Cute quote: "Welcome to Oregon... home of the California Raisins!"=/