chmod a+x to all directory and content

Question

I am trying to install a library called libtool

i am getting "./configure: line 2668: libltdl/config/mkstamp: Permission denied" when i do ./configure

how can i chmod a+x all the libtool directory to prevent this error ?

thanks

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 19 '10 at 19:24

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Most version of chmod have a recursive flag:

chmod -R a+x folder

answered Nov 19 '10 at 19:24

skinp

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I have no idea why I forgot about that! – James L Nov 19 '10 at 19:56
Is it possible to do that without crossing FileSystem boundaries ? I have a NFS mount somewhere in the folder tree that I don't want to chmod. – Natim Aug 08 '13 at 15:42

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 19 '10 at 18:48

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Be careful before making permissions changes so deep like this. Before you start, make a backup:
cd libtool
find . -printf "chmod %m %p\n" > ~/perms.txt
Then, to change to make the whole thing a+x (bad idea, but meh):
find . -exec chmod a+x '{}' \;

If anything goes wrong, you can always revert afterwards:
cat ~/perms.txt | bash

answered Nov 19 '10 at 18:48

James L

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chmod -R is better and way less complicated – aspitzer Nov 19 '10 at 21:35
That's already been mentioned on two other answers. You're right in that it's less complicated and faster, as were @skinp and @ramesh earlier. – James L Nov 19 '10 at 22:31

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 19 '10 at 20:38

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chmod -R +x /path/to/folder will work though

answered Nov 19 '10 at 20:38

Ramesh Kumar

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chmod a+x to all directory and content

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