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Is it possible to chown, chgrp and chmod an entire directory and all subdirectories and files in one fell swoop (or three)? If so, please point me to the right man page or "how to."
No problem. Just for future reference, "an entire directory and contents" is generally referred to as "recursive". In cases like this, you can use that and the man pages to avoid having to wait for replies from us.
LOL. Well, try wading through 'man chown', 'man chmod', etc. I'm not criticizing you for coming here, just suggesting that you can save yourself some time in some cases.
LOL. Well, try wading through 'man chown', 'man chmod', etc. I'm not criticizing you for coming here, just suggesting that you can save yourself some time in some cases.
This (-R option) just does the /path/to/directory but NOT recursive to the root, correct? I RTFM but the discussion in the fine man page of recursive to root had me confused. Thanks in advance.
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