Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:11:56 +0000 From: Vince <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: Josh Tolbert <hemi@puresimplicity.net> Cc: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: find returns unusable result Message-ID: <45E6B4FC.5040601@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20070301000112.GA74875@just.puresimplicity.net> References: <D29D90080F802A4D1BBB3EDE@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <20070228231635.GB73748@just.puresimplicity.net> <45E6113A.2060500@unsane.co.uk> <20070301000112.GA74875@just.puresimplicity.net>
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Josh Tolbert wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 11:33:14PM +0000, Vince wrote:
>
>> or just
>> find /path/to/dirs -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
>> should do it.
>>
>
> Fair enough; I generally prefer the xargs method in case I have to do any more
> processing later. Also, xargs' batching may potentially save you a bit of
> time, but I doubt that'd be noticable.
>
>
True, for anything more complex xargs is invaluable.
Vince
> Thanks,
>
> Josh
>
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