How to change the permission for a specific directory without affecting the permission of everything inside that directory?

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I would like to ONLY change the permission of a specific directory without changing the permission of the files or directories that it contains.
I know that the following command will recursively alter the permission of all dir and files in it:

chmod -R 777

And the following will change only the files but not the directories that it contains:

chmod -r 777

This has nothing to do with programming, so it's off-topic here. — Robert, Jan 06 '18 at 18:56

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 06 '18 at 18:00

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chmod 777 /path/to/specific/dir

answered Jan 06 '18 at 18:00

juliokarl

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just specify without command line options. if you don't have an alias on chmod, which is unlikely this should work. alternative try \chmod 777 /path/to/specific/dir to avoid the alias of beeing processed – juliokarl Jan 06 '18 at 18:03
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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 06 '18 at 21:12

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The -r or -R in the Command means that it change the Permission/Owner of all Files and Directory's in the directory!!

answered Jan 06 '18 at 21:12

Emanuel Bennici

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How to change the permission for a specific directory without affecting the permission of everything inside that directory?

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