Subject: Re: bug#30477: [PATCH] chmod chown chgrp: added --exclude-files and --exclude-directories

From: Pádraig Brady <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 13:30:24 -0800

On 15/02/18 16:44, Ian Morris Nieves wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Apologies if I have incorrectly followed any conventions.  I’ve tried.
> Attached please find a new feature I created to simplify setting permissions (especially recursively), which enables the user to separately target files or directories.
> Tests of correctness also included.
> 
> Any input or feedback greatly appreciated.

Such functionality has been discussed previously at:
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rejected_requests.html#chmod

thanks,
Pádraig