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From: dorayme on 13 Mar 2010 14:35 Is it possible to *batch* change permissions on a whole lot of *locked files and folders* which can be done OK one by one by Getting Info and unlocking after entering password and then manually changing? -- dorayme
From: Bob Harris on 13 Mar 2010 15:01 In article <dorayme-4C01DB.06354614032010(a)news.albasani.net>, dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > Is it possible to *batch* change permissions on a whole lot of > *locked files and folders* which can be done OK one by one by > Getting Info and unlocking after entering password and then > manually changing? From a Terminal session find "/path/to/1st/dir" -flags uchg -print0 |\ xargs -0 chflags nouchg You can use ls -RleOa@ "/path/to/1st/dir" to see the permissions on all the files. -R all subdirectories, -l long ls format, -e show the ACLs, -O (capital O) show the flags, of which the Lock (aka uchg) is one, -a show Unix hidden files (starts with a dot), -@ show extend attributes. If you just want to see the files which are Locked find "/path/to/1st/dir" -flags uchg If you want to see just the Locked files, and their permissions find "/path/to/1st/dir" -flags uchg -print0 |\ xargs -0 ls -dleO@ Where the -d prevents listing the contents of directories, and you do not need the -a as 'find' does not ignore Unix hidden files, and in this mode, ls is being explicitly asked to give info about a Unix hidden file. If you want a more GUI'fied approach, then put this inside of an Automator workflow using "Run Shell Script". Bob Harris
From: dorayme on 13 Mar 2010 19:07 In article <michelle-1E2C6B.12535613032010(a)nothing.attdns.com>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <dorayme-4C01DB.06354614032010(a)news.albasani.net>, > dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > > Is it possible to *batch* change permissions on a whole lot of > > *locked files and folders* which can be done OK one by one by > > Getting Info and unlocking after entering password and then > > manually changing? > > Yes. Select all of them (however, you can not mix files and folders), then > press command-option-I to open the Inspector. Double click on the lock > icon in the lower right corner, and enter your password in the resulting > dialog. > > You can then manually change permissions, lock, etc., on all of the > selected files or folders together. For permissions, though, you will need > to double-click the popup menu, rather than single click as with the Get > Info window. Thanks for this, appreciate it. Will save me heaps of work in future. -- dorayme
From: dorayme on 13 Mar 2010 19:10 In article <nospam.News.Bob-6181ED.15015813032010(a)news.eternal-september.org >, Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob(a)remove.Smith-Harris.us> wrote: > In article <dorayme-4C01DB.06354614032010(a)news.albasani.net>, > dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > > Is it possible to *batch* change permissions on a whole lot of > > *locked files and folders* which can be done OK one by one by > > Getting Info and unlocking after entering password and then > > manually changing? > > From a Terminal session > .... > If you want to see just the Locked files, and their permissions > > find "/path/to/1st/dir" -flags uchg -print0 |\ > xargs -0 ls -dleO@ > > Where the -d prevents listing the contents of directories, and you > do not need the -a as 'find' does not ignore Unix hidden files, > and in this mode, ls is being explicitly asked to give info about > a Unix hidden file. > > If you want a more GUI'fied approach, then put this inside of an > Automator workflow using "Run Shell Script". > > Thanks, I will store your instructions. I *think* the simple thing Michelle said should do me for now. -- dorayme
From: dorayme on 13 Mar 2010 19:54
In article <michelle-89CD95.17344813032010(a)nothing.attdns.com>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <dorayme-CCFCD9.11070814032010(a)news.albasani.net>, > dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > > Thanks for this, appreciate it. Will save me heaps of work in > > future. > > De nada. The Finder's Inspector window is one of the little-known useful > features of the Finder. > > Let us know how it went. I did test your suggestion on this main work machine of mine on Tiger and it certainly worked. Perhaps more than you wanted to know but the question was prompted by further attempts by me (at 4 am this morning) to tweak my migration stuff to my MB on Snow. I should know better than to futz about like I did, dangerously option copying whole libraries and stuff! It was partially successful - and would have been a whole lot easier if I had known (or remembered... a faint feeling of deja vu here) about Inspector! On more sleep and reflection, I decided to stop trying to outsmart OS X and wiped the whole MB HD clean and reinstalled Snow and I will use Migrant Assistant again now that I know better a few pitfalls I encountered last time. -- dorayme |