recpermissions 2.0.0

Script to change permissions and owner recursivily from current directory

Recpermissions

Recpermissions is a Python script to change Linux permissions and ownership in one step. It can delete empty directories when necessary.

This script doesn't work on Windows.

• Github web page: https://github.com/turulomio/recpermissions
• Pypi web page: https://pypi.org/project/recpermissions/
• Gentoo ebuild: If you use Gentoo you can find an ebuild in https://github.com/turulomio/myportage/tree/master/app-admin/recpermissions

Usage

recpermissions

Recursively changes the ownership and permissions for all files and directories within a given absolute path.

recpermissions --user <user> --group <group> --files <PERM> --directories <PERM> <absolute_path>

Arguments:

• --user <user>: The new owner for the files and directories.
• --group <group>: The new group for the files and directories.
• --files <PERM>: The octal permissions to set for all files (e.g., 644).
• --directories <PERM>: The octal permissions to set for all directories (e.g., 755).
• <absolute_path>: The absolute path to the directory to process.

remove-empty-dirs

Recursively finds and deletes empty directories within a given path.

remove-empty-dirs [--pretend] <absolute_path>

Arguments:

• --pretend: If used, the script will only list the empty directories that would be deleted, without actually deleting them.
• <absolute_path>: The absolute path to the directory to scan for empty subdirectories.