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Re: chmod: WARNING:

On 26 Apr 1999, Alexandre Oliva wrote:

> Maybe we should drop `chmod -R' and use find to locate files that do
> not have proper permissions, adjusting them after ensuring they're not
> soft- or hard-links (and creating a real copy in this case).
> 
> Opinions?

I like that idea, especially because we may someday want to support
differing permisssions ... suid pops into mind.

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