Strange directory issue

elektronaut · 12-11-2006, 02:32 PM

Hi,

I was using the program easytag and at the same time was calling 'sudo chmod -R 644 audio/' as some files had the wrong bits set. The next listing gave me this:

Code:

ls -la audio/
insgesamt 0
?--------- ? ? ? ?                ? audio/.
?--------- ? ? ? ?                ? audio/..
?--------- ? ? ? ?                ? audio/flac
?--------- ? ? ? ?                ? audio/mp3
?--------- ? ? ? ?                ? audio/ogg

I can't enter the directories anymore. Is there a possibility to restore the directories?

[EDIT:] O.K., now I know about the consequences of playing around on the command line... The chmod apparently removed the necessary executable flag for the directories. Is there some way to set it back recursively, excluding files?

farslayer · 12-11-2006, 03:58 PM

How about

sudo chmod 755 audio
sudo chmod 755 audio/flac
sudo chmod 755 audio/mp3
sudo chmod 755 audio/ogg

etc..
etc..

and DON"T do that in the future..

ilikejam · 12-11-2006, 04:24 PM

Hi.

Try:

Code:

sudo chown -R <yourUserName> audio/
sudo chmod -R u+Xrw audio/

That should make yourUserName the owner and make all files readable and writable. It'll also add the executable bit for the directories only. All recursively.

elektronaut · 12-12-2006, 03:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ilikejam

Code:

sudo chmod -R u+Xrw audio/

Cool! I wasn't aware of the possibility of using a capital 'X'. Really should read man pages more thoroughly

Thanks a lot, guys!