Testing execute permission from csh

Graham J Carpenter graham%ee.surrey.ac.uk at nsfnet-relay.ac.uk
Mon May 8 17:23:07 AEST 1989


>
>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:
>
I usually use octal to set patterns with chmod, but the one time I use
letters is in exactly this situation.

chmod o+rX 

would have done the job for you.


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Graham Carpenter - graham at ee.surrey.ac.uk
Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 5XH.



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