Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!icarus.eng.ohio-state.edu!kaul From: kaul@icarus.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rich Kaul) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Recursion without -R Message-ID: Date: 15 Aug 90 00:57:29 GMT References: <494@llnl.LLNL.GOV> <13595@ulysses.att.com> Sender: kaul@icarus.eng.ohio-state.edu Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Electrical Engineering Lines: 11 In-reply-to: swfc@ulysses.att.com's message of 14 Aug 90 20:31:40 GMT In article <13595@ulysses.att.com> swfc@ulysses.att.com (Shu-Wie F Chen) writes: find . -print | xargs chown foo Of course, this only works if you have xargs, which is from System V and is also available on SunOS in their System V software installation option. Or if you were smart enough to grab the free, PD version that Gordon Moffet posted a while ago. I still have a copy sitting around somewhere so drop me a line if you want it. -rich