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Utku Dalmaz
Asked: 2010-11-20 10:43:45 +0800 CST

chmod a+x to all directory and content

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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

chmod

3 Answers

  1. Most version of chmod have a recursive flag:

    chmod -R a+x folder
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  2. Best Answer

    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

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

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