Re: Recursively Change IFS Authority

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> How would I go about recursively changing the authority/owner for all
> objects in a IFS directory? Is there an IBM delivered program that would do
> this?

This is easy to do in QSHELL.   For example, to change everything in
directory called /some/dir to be owned by klemscot:

  STRQSH
  find /some/dir -exec chown klemscot {} \;

Or, maybe when one employee leaves and a new one starts you want to change
ownership from one person to another:

  find . -user mike -exec chown klemscot {} \;

(the . means it will work out of the current directory)

In fact, you can have any QSHELL command be executed after the "-exec"
keyword.  The {} is replaced with the name of the file when the command
is executed, and the \; tells the find command that it's reached the end
of the command string.

So, if you wanted to remove write access to everything in a directory,
you might do this:

  find /some/dir -exec chmod -w {} \;

Or, of course, only take write access away from files who are owned by
mike:

  find /some/dir -user mike -chmod -w {} \;

So, the find utility is great for working on directories recursively.
More info can be found in the information center:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/info/rzahz/find.htm