[Assorted-commits] SF.net SVN: assorted: [879] shell-tools/trunk/src/bash-commons/common.bash

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Revision: 879
          http://assorted.svn.sourceforge.net/assorted/?rev=879&view=rev
Author:   yangzhang
Date:     2008-07-07 14:37:58 -0700 (Mon, 07 Jul 2008)

Log Message:
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added clear-ntfs-perms

Modified Paths:
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    shell-tools/trunk/src/bash-commons/common.bash

Modified: shell-tools/trunk/src/bash-commons/common.bash
===================================================================
--- shell-tools/trunk/src/bash-commons/common.bash	2008-07-07 21:37:48 UTC (rev 878)
+++ shell-tools/trunk/src/bash-commons/common.bash	2008-07-07 21:37:58 UTC (rev 879)
@@ -444,6 +444,21 @@
   (( "$( find "$path" -perm u=rw | wc -l )" == 1 ))
 }
 
+# Reading NTFS file systems (through ntfs-3g at least; don't know if this is
+# inherent with NTFS in general) shows all files and directories as having
+# completely set permissions (777).  These stick if you move/copy the files.
+# This resets the permissions.
+#
+# Note that this is not a panacea; there may well be files that you want to
+# remain executable, or files/directories that you wish to leave
+# group-/world-writeable.
+clear-ntfs-perms() {
+  for dir in "${@:-.}" ; do
+    find "$dir" -type d -perm 777 -print0 | xargs -0r chmod 755
+    find "$dir" -not -type d -perm 777 -print0 | xargs -0r chmod 644
+  done
+}
+
 #if ! is_declared indent ; then
 #    noindent
 #else


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