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<h2><a name="chmod">Chmod</a></h2>
<h3>Description</h3>
<p>Changes the permissions of a file or all files inside specified
directories. Right now it has effect only under Unix or NonStop (Tandem).
The permissions are also UNIX style, like the argument for the chmod command.</p>
<p>See the section on <a href="../dirtasks.html#directorybasedtasks">directory based
tasks</a>, on how the inclusion/exclusion of files works, and how to
write patterns.</p>
<p>This task holds an implicit <a href="../CoreTypes/fileset.html">FileSet</a> and
supports all of FileSet's attributes and nested elements
directly. More FileSets can be specified using nested
<code><fileset></code> elements.</p>
<h3>Parameters</h3>
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<td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td>
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<td valign="top">file</td>
<td valign="top">the file or single directory of which the permissions
must be changed.</td>
<td valign="top" valign="middle" rowspan="2">exactly one of the two or nested <code><fileset></code> elements.</td>
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<td valign="top">dir</td>
<td valign="top">the directory which holds the files whose permissions
must be changed.</td>
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<td valign="top">perm</td>
<td valign="top">the new permissions.</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">Yes</td>
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<td valign="top">includes</td>
<td valign="top">comma- or space-separated list of patterns of files that must be
included.</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">excludes</td>
<td valign="top">comma- or space-separated list of patterns of files that must be
excluded. No files (except default excludes) are excluded when omitted.</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">defaultexcludes</td>
<td valign="top">indicates whether default excludes should be used or not
("yes"/"no"). Default excludes are used when omitted.</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">parallel</td>
<td valign="top">process all specified files using a single
<code>chmod</code> command. Defaults to true.</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">type</td>
<td valign="top">One of <i>file</i>, <i>dir</i> or
<i>both</i>. If set to <i>file</i>, only the permissions of
plain files are going to be changed. If set to <i>dir</i>, only
the directories are considered.</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">No, default is <i>file</i></td>
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<h3>Examples</h3>
<blockquote>
<p><code><chmod file="${dist}/start.sh" perm="ugo+rx"/></code></p>
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<p>makes the "start.sh" file readable and executable for anyone on a
UNIX system.</p>
<blockquote>
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<chmod dir="${dist}/bin" perm="ugo+rx" includes="**/*.sh"/>
</pre>
</blockquote>
<p>makes all ".sh" files below <code>${dist}/bin</code>
readable and executable for anyone on a UNIX system.</p>
<blockquote>
<pre>
<chmod perm="g+w">
<fileset dir="shared/sources1">
<exclude name="**/trial/**"/>
</fileset>
<fileset refid="other.shared.sources"/>
</chmod>
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</blockquote>
<p>makes all files below <code>shared/sources1</code> (except those
below any directory named trial) writable for members of the same
group on a UNIX system. In addition all files belonging to a FileSet
with <code>id</code> <code>other.shared.sources</code> get the same
permissions.</p>
<hr><p align="center">Copyright © 2000-2003 Apache Software Foundation. All rights
Reserved.</p>
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