NAME

File::chmod::Recursive - Run chmod recursively against directories

DESCRIPTION

Like File::chmod, but recursive with selective permissions

SYNOPSIS

        use File::chmod::Recursive;  # Exports 'chmod_recursive' by default

        # Apply identical permissions to everything
        #   Similar to chmod -R
        chmod_recursive( 0755, '/path/to/directory' );

        # Apply permissions selectively
        chmod_recursive(
            {
                dirs  => 0755,       # Mode for directories
                files => 0644,       # Mode for files

                # Match both directories and files
                match => {
                    qr/\.sh|\.pl/ => 0755,
                    qr/\.gnupg/   => 0600,
                },

                # You can also match files or directories selectively
                match_dirs  => { qr/\/logs\//    => 0775, },
                match_files => { qr/\/bin\/\S+$/ => 0755, },
            },
            '/path/to/directory'
        );

FUNCTIONS

chmod_recursive(MODE, $path)

chmod_recursive(\%options, $path)

This function accepts two parameters. The first is either a MODE or an options hashref. The second is the directory to work on. It returns the number of files successfully changed, similar to chmod.

When using a hashref for selective permissions, the following options are valid -

        {
            dirs  => MODE,  # Default Mode for directories
            files => MODE,  # Default Mode for files

            # Match both directories and files
            match => { qr/<some condition>/ => MODE, },

            # Match files only
            match_files => { qr/<some condition>/ => MODE, },

            # Match directories only
            match_dirs => { qr/<some condition>/ => MODE, },

            # Follow symlinks. OFF by default
            follow_symlinks => 0,

            # Depth first tree walking. ON by default (default _find_ behavior)
            depth_first => 1,
        }

In all cases the MODE is whatever File::chmod accepts.

rchmod

chmodr

This is an alias for chmod_recursive and is exported only on request.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-file-chmod-recursive@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

SEE ALSO

- File::chmod

- chmod

- Perl Monks thread on recursive perl chmod

AUTHOR

Mithun Ayachit <mithun@cpan.org>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2012, Mithun Ayachit <mithun@cpan.org>. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.