Re: How to "find" all writable files in a directory tree?

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This isn't really a cygwin bug, more of a failure to understand permission bits bug, but.
-perm +2

4,2,1 for rwx
5 for rx
Etc.
Just like with chmod

I'd recommend posting this question on a gnu, linux, or unix forum.


> I need to find all the files in a directory tree that are writable.  So,
> the "find" man page has the following text:
> 
> -------------------------
>        -perm mode
>               File's permission bits are exactly  mode  (octal  or
> symbolic).
>               Symbolic modes use mode 0 as a point of departure.
> 
>        -perm -mode
>               All of the permission bits mode are set for the file.
> 
>        -perm +mode
>               Any of the permission bits mode are set for the file.
> -------------------------
> 
> I'm not quite sure what this tells me.  I guessed that "-perm +w" would
> do what I want.  Unfortunately, when I use this it says:
> 
>    find: invalid mode `+w'
> 
> I'm on Cygwin 1.3.22.
> 
> Am I misunderstanding what this man page says?
> 
> 
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