chown thru multiple directories

Andrew Cherenson arc at thyme.wpd.sgi.com
Sun Jul 8 06:59:29 AEST 1990


In article <9007052117.aa00502 at VGR.BRL.MIL> JORDAN at gmr.COM writes:
>Is there a command available that will change the owner and group
>of every file in the current directory, and every file & directory
>below the current directory?
>
>Or will I have to write my own shell program?
>
>Any assistance appreciated!!
>
>t p mugabi-jordan
>1151 crooks road
>troy, michigan 48084
>gm - systems engineering center
>(313) 280 6766

IRIX 3.3 has the BSD version of chown(1) and chgrp(1). With the -R option,
"the command recursively descends its directory arguments setting the 
specified owner or group."



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