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From: fpb@ittc.wec.com (Frank P. Bresz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Setting (Recursively) Modes on Files
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Date: 20 Dec 90 17:05:34 GMT
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Hi,
	I often have the case where I want to open up an area of a
directory to group access.  However I am using SCCS and have many files
that should remain read only.  A mindless

	chmod -R g+w .

	Trashes the sanctity of SCCS by making some things group writable
while they aren't user writable.

	How can I cleanly execute this command?

	awk/sed/sh/find (or whatever) accepted

	Please no PERL or CSH.

	SunOS4.1 (but please don't make it specific to that platform)
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