Managing files and folders

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Using Applescript and Automator to manage files and folders

Hi all.
I need to make a simple action via applescript and-or automator to take the file it's been applied to (via the services) create a folder around it with the same name as the file.
So far, I've searched the web, found some solutions but none are really working.
Here's the script I found :
set myFolder to findFolder()
tell application "Finder" to set myFiles to files of myFolder as alias list
repeat with aFile in myFiles
set bName to my baseName(aFile)
tell application "Finder"
set folderExists to exists folder bName of myFolder
if not folderExists then make new folder at myFolder with properties {name:bName}
move aFile to folder bName of myFolder
end tell
end repeat
---------------- HANDLERS ----------------
on baseName(myFile)
tell application "System Events" to set {fileName, fileExt} to {name, name extension} of myFile
return text 1 thru ((get offset of "." & fileExt in fileName) - 1) of fileName
end baseName
on findFolder()
activate application "SystemUIServer"
-- Bug pointed out by Lauri Ranta http://www.openradar.me/9406282
tell application "Finder"
activate
set mySelection to (get selection)
if mySelection ≠ {} then
set mySelection to first item of (get selection)
if mySelection's class = folder then
set currentFolder to mySelection
else if mySelection's class = document file then
set currentFolder to parent of mySelection
else if mySelection's class = alias file then
set currentFolder to original item of mySelection
end if
else
set currentFolder to target of front Finder window
end if
end tell
return (currentFolder as alias)
end findFolder
And here's a page where they explain how to use automator and the Services to do what I <allmost> want, with some adaptation.
But it still doesn't work.
http://hbase.net/2011/08/17/move-selected-files-into-a-new-folder-using-applescr ipt-and-automator/
So if anybody has an idea n how I could do this ?
It It could either be a folder action (I drag and drop the files into a folder and boom, they get their folder around them)that I would set on a folder on a network drive, or locally, it doesn't matter, or a service (right clic on the file and boom folder around it.
So if anyone could help with this I'd be grateful...

Hi,
Make an Automator Service (Service receives selected "Files or Folders" in the "Finder.app").
Use this script in the "Run AppleScript" action:
on run {input, parameters}
    tell application "Finder"
        repeat with aFile in input
            if class of (item aFile) is not folder then
                set {tName, fileExt} to {name, name extension} of aFile
                if fileExt is not missing value and fileExt is not "" then
                    set tName to text 1 thru -((count fileExt) + 2) of tName
                    tell (get container of aFile)
                        if not (exists folder tName) then make new folder at it with properties {name:tName}
                        move aFile to folder tName
                    end tell
                end if
            end if
        end repeat
    end tell
end run
This script work on files with a name extension.

Managing Files and Folders in Lightroom - Mac

I created a subfolder by mistake. Examination via iMac Finder shows that all files in the subfolders are duplicates of those in the main folder (which contains additional files as well). Catalog view shows many of the files in the main folder are already in the catalog (grayed out).
Please let me know if this is clear enough.
At some time I would like to learn how to remove those duplicate files. Could you point me to some sources giving the procedure.
To begin with, how can I take LR3 out of the "import" mode and just deal with things as they are?

To take Lightroom out of "Import" mode, click 'Cancel' (I assume by "Import mode" you mean that the import dialog box is open - clicking 'Cancel' closes it).
Now just delete the duplicates - i.e. in Library grid view, select them and press 'Delete' on your keyboard (or select them in the thumbnail filmstrip, context-click and select 'Delete Photos' with the mouse).
If you dont know which are duplicates, do tell...
If you accidentally delete too many, you can fish them out of the recycle bin, or your backup folder if you imported with backup option enabled.
Hope this helps,
Rob

Managing files and folders with Pegasus R6

Sorry if this seems like a really newbie question, but it has me stumped. Oh, and hello everyone! This is my first post on here.
I just purchased a new 27" iMac and the new Pegasus R6 (12TB) drive. So now I am getting prepared to offload my old iMac with all the pictures and videos that have caused it to nearly grind to a Windows speed.
My software is Aperture 2, Adobe CS4 and Final Cut Studio express.
On to my question... Once I had all the software installed, and the Pegasus drive was done setting up (overnight), I dragged the Aperture 2 library over to the Pegasus drive. It surprised me to see that the orginal library stayed on my iMac and a duplicate was now on the Pegasus drive. I thought that maybe it was just a nuance in the way Aperture is. So, I took a couple of photos that were just sitting in the iMac under a newly created folder and dragged and dropped those into the Pegasus drive. Viola', those copied as well. Now I have a copy on the iMac and the Pegasus. I cannot figure out why the items are not moving, but duplicating.
Any thoughts?

Sorry if this seems like a really newbie question, but it has me stumped. Oh, and hello everyone! This is my first post on here.
I just purchased a new 27" iMac and the new Pegasus R6 (12TB) drive. So now I am getting prepared to offload my old iMac with all the pictures and videos that have caused it to nearly grind to a Windows speed.
My software is Aperture 2, Adobe CS4 and Final Cut Studio express.
On to my question... Once I had all the software installed, and the Pegasus drive was done setting up (overnight), I dragged the Aperture 2 library over to the Pegasus drive. It surprised me to see that the orginal library stayed on my iMac and a duplicate was now on the Pegasus drive. I thought that maybe it was just a nuance in the way Aperture is. So, I took a couple of photos that were just sitting in the iMac under a newly created folder and dragged and dropped those into the Pegasus drive. Viola', those copied as well. Now I have a copy on the iMac and the Pegasus. I cannot figure out why the items are not moving, but duplicating.
Any thoughts?

Hebrew fonts of files and folders

Hey friends.
My kde desktop is not able to display hebrew names of files and folders, in dolphin file manager for example (it appears as gibberish)
it used to work in the past and it seems like something had happened.
can anyone plz assist?
10x!
Last edited by ohadbasan (2012-01-27 17:35:42)

What could be happening to both of you is: Unicode Font Coverage. Basically, each character is called a glyph. A font definition file on your computer contains a set number of glyph's - one for each character. If the font does not contain an entry for the specific character you are trying to use then it won't be rendered properly. First thing to do is change to a different font-style and see if that new font contains the glyph's that were not rendering with the old one.
This Page may help in selecting a replacement font.
Edit
Also, in the case of Hebrew fonts you will need to find a "right-to-left" setting. That's how they are done. I'm not familiar where you would look for such a setting in KDE, probably in a "localization" type control panel applet.
Last edited by headkase (2012-01-27 21:13:04)

Can i delete the files and folders in Libraries Cashe

Hi,
I was wondering if someone could tell me if it is safe to delete all the files and folders from the
Libraries >> Cashe
I have moved all of the files and folders into a new folder and my iMac still seems to run fine, but I dont want to restart it until I know that it really is safe to delete all these files and folders

Yes I did mean the Caches sorry I wasn't paying attention to what I was typing and made a pretty major typo. Yes i was trying to dingoes a problem with my videos that I embed in iWeb showing fine in iWeb but now been able to load in Safari. I thought I had this problem fixed but it turned out that I didn't have.
I thought that if i deleted the Caches then the computer would just rebuild them and that might solve the problem, its pretty much a last resort though as I have already looked at the settings and everything and been on the phone to apple tech support and all the settings are correct they are just not showing. The theory was that maybe a half loaded video had some how managed to prevent a the videos from displaying properly and so I thought that rebuilding the caches would solve this problem.

Snow Leopard changing files and folders to aliases

At random times, Snow Leopard is changing random files and folders to aliases that point to nothing. The original file or folder is lost! This is a very, very serious flaw in the operating system. For the four files I've lost this way, I was able to restore them with Time Machine. I only noticed these files were lost by chance. What will happen to those that I haven't noticed? When my Time Machine partition becomes full and it starts eliminating older versions, those that I haven't noticed will be gone forever. A file system is supposed to preserve my data for me; I shouldn't have to worry about it. And I shouldn't have to rely on Time Machine for flaws in the file management system. This is very, very bad! It is not possible to overstate how very bad this is. Has anyone else noticed this? Does Apple know about this? Is there a known cause? Is there a known fix?
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I haven't looked at any console logs. I'll have to figure out how to do that. I suppose I have to do it soon after I discover that a file has been altered.
It has happened to my data files in the data partition.
There are lots of good reasons for separating the system and applications from my data. It makes backup management easier. My data I want to backup frequently. I don't want to backup the system very frequently. If the system develops a bug, I don't want a backup of the system to overwrite a good old system in my backup drive before I discover the bug. A separate partition for my data makes backups of my data faster. There are thousands of files down there in the system and with everything in a single partition even incremental backups (via SuperDuper) take a long time to scan through all that system junk to find differences. I don't like to have to drill down three levels in the file hierarchy to find my stuff in the user folder. My data partition sits on the desktop as it did in systems 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. If I keep my data in a separate partition, I can do anything that I want with the access permissions for my data. (Don't ever mess with the permissions in the system partition; it can really screw things up.) I can set the permissions so that I don't have any problems when accessing my data from another computer or as another user. Systems break occasionally and it's easy to restore just the system and applications from a backup of just that. I never have to go back to the install disc; if you restore from an install disc, you have to download and install all of the system updates posted since your install disc was printed, you might have to reinstall applications, you have to find all of your registration numbers for your applications, you lose all of your preferences. I also sometimes run multiple systems. I never buy into a new system right away. I keep both the new system and my old system in separate partitions while I try out the new one. If I find unacceptable bugs or limitations in the new system, it's easy to switch back to the old. If I find I've got an application that has been rendered obsolete by the new system, I can easily switch back to the old system. I mirror my data partition to my laptop. The system can't be mirrored to another computer and all that I want over there is the stuff on my data partition anyway. Mirroring the data is simple when it is all collected in a separate partition in both my desktop and my laptop.
I'm passionate about partitioning. In the Mac I just retired, I had 4 physical drives, but I repartitioned them creating RAID arrays (for speed) such that each of the 4 virtual partitions (system, data, scratch, & backup system) did not correspond to any physical drive. It worked fine for years.

My external hard drive is 'seen' by my iMac and I can go into the Finder and open files and folders. I am using the hard drive for Time Machine back up. However Time Machine says it can't find the drive. Same thing has happened with Final Cut Express.

My new LaCie external hard drive is 'seen' by my iMac and I can go into the Finder and open files and folders. I am using the hard drive for Time Machine back up. However Time Machine says it can't find the drive.
The same thing happened recently between Final Cut Express and my other LaCie external hard drive used as the Scratch disk. It fixed itself.
I've run out of ideas. Help would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

have you done some searches on FCPx and time machine? Is there a known issue with using a TM drive with FCPx? dunno but ...wait...I'll take 60 sec for you cause I'm just that kind of guy.... google...." fcpx time machine problem" Frist page link
http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/fcpx-bug-best-practices-for-using-external-hard- drives-and-final-cut-pro-x/
You cannot have time machine backups on your hard drive if you intend to use it in FCPX.
booya!

How to sort files and folders like Windows

I don't know if this is specific to Arch or every other Linux distro but one thing that really bugs me in Arch is how files and folders are sorted. I use Windows as my main OS (don't start on that please) and I have one folder properly organized exactly as I want it and I like it how Windows sorts this. I access that same folder from my Arch installation, the problem is that the sorting is different and it gets on my nerves lol...
This is how Windows sorts that specific folder:
C:\Users\Nazgulled\Documents\University>dir /O
Volume in drive C is Vista
Volume Serial Number is F84E-02BE
Directory of C:\Users\Nazgulled\Documents\University
05-08-2009 15:34 <DIR> .
05-08-2009 15:34 <DIR> ..
05-08-2009 11:10 <DIR> [Archives]
05-08-2009 14:38 <DIR> [Developers]
05-08-2009 11:17 <DIR> [X] 1) Cálculo II
05-08-2009 11:18 <DIR> [X] 2) Análise de Custos
05-08-2009 11:18 <DIR> [X] 2) Cálculo de Programas
05-08-2009 11:18 <DIR> [X] 2) Laboratórios de Informática III
05-08-2009 11:18 <DIR> 2) Algoritmos e Complexidade
05-08-2009 11:18 <DIR> 2) Arquitectura de Computadores
05-08-2009 11:18 <DIR> 2) Comunicaçao de Dados
05-08-2009 11:18 <DIR> 2) Engenharia Económica
05-08-2009 11:18 <DIR> 2) Estatística Aplicada
0 File(s) 0 bytes
13 Dir(s) 24.700.485.632 bytes free
And this is how Arch does it:
nazgulled ~/University $ ls -l
total 7
drwxr-xr-x 1 nazgulled nazgulled 4096 2009-08-05 11:18 2) Algoritmos e Complexidade
drwxr-xr-x 1 nazgulled nazgulled 4096 2009-08-05 11:18 2) Arquitectura de Computadores
drwxr-xr-x 1 nazgulled nazgulled 4096 2009-08-05 11:18 2) Comunicação de Dados
drwxr-xr-x 1 nazgulled nazgulled 4096 2009-08-05 11:18 2) Engenharia Económica
drwxr-xr-x 1 nazgulled nazgulled 8192 2009-08-05 11:18 2) Estatística Aplicada
drwxr-xr-x 1 nazgulled nazgulled 4096 2009-08-05 11:10 [Archives]
drwxr-xr-x 1 nazgulled nazgulled 4096 2009-08-05 14:38 [Developers]
drwxr-xr-x 1 nazgulled nazgulled 4096 2009-08-05 11:17 [X] 1) Cálculo II
drwxr-xr-x 1 nazgulled nazgulled 12288 2009-08-05 11:18 [X] 2) Análise de Custos
drwxr-xr-x 1 nazgulled nazgulled 4096 2009-08-05 11:18 [X] 2) Cálculo de Programas
drwxr-xr-x 1 nazgulled nazgulled 4096 2009-08-05 11:18 [X] 2) Laboratórios de Informática III
How can I get Arch/Linux to sort exactly the same as Windows?
Last edited by Nazgulled (2009-08-05 14:41:47)

toad wrote:
Nazgulled wrote:Surely there must be a way to have the same sorting collation in Linux like in Windows
Ah, no. The way they are doing it is nonsensical and not good practice for a unix style system. Having said that, some solutions have already been offered in this thread.
While you are free to continue to ask others to help you achieve your aims, it may be more convenient for you to adapt to a structure that is displayed the same way under all systems (just to avoid frustration - not saying you _should_ do it ).
I really don't care if it's nonsensical, I use Windows 95% of the time or more, it's my main OS, I'm used to it and I like it. Why should I care if it's not a good practice for a unix style system? I just want things to behave the way I like and for a free system like Linux where it doesn't even compare to Windows in terms of freedom in what I can do with it and configure the way I like, it sure is hard to change the way folders/files are sorted...
It sucks that there isn't a proper solution but I'm not going to adapt anything, that would be nonsensical... But if I have to, I can live with the fact that there isn't a good solution and leave it as it is
Thanks everyone for their input, "topic closed".

Cannot see file and folders copied from other windows 8

Hi everyone,
The problem is the next:
I have new PC for that i was asked to setup and install software, i perform on it clean windows 8 install, it have single HDD 1TB that was partitioned by regular windows setup option to system drive C: 100GB and all left space was partitioned as drive D:
After setup finish i only boot to system to check that everything is OK and without to make ANY change to windows shut it down.
I physically disconnect HDD from new PC and connect it via standard USB 3 docking device to my own PC that also run windows 8 i can see the new connected HDD with all partitions without any problem! Than i create on second partition on new drive folder and
copy there some files, after copy finished i disconnect the drive in safe way by performing "eject" option in windows.
i connect new drive back to new pc, boot to windows and access the second partition and it ... empty, no folder or files on drive, it also show like no space was used !!!
MOST IMPORTANT ! - Why it don't looks like security or permission or even hardware problem - NO any major security changes was performed on my own (old) PC, but most important fact when i connect other hdd to same dock station and create folder and copy some
files and then connect it to NEW PC - problem does not exist !!! i can see and access without any problem the folder and files on both PC's !
I also tried:
to reinstall windows on new pc
to create or delete partition after setup in both PC's
to check folder and drive permissions and adding "everyone" with "full control"
to turn on "show hidden files and folders" and "system files" too
to copy or create new different type files
Interesting - if i create a folder in NEW PC i can see this folder on OLD PC and copy files to it, but whet i connect drive back to NEW PC it sometimes show the folder have those files and even use the appropriate space and programs even try to open those files
without any security warnings but it cannot be open properly because files looks corrupted !
Thanks for any help !

Hi,
According to your description, I don't think this is system problem. More like HDD or its interface problem.
Have you tried to reconnect your new HDD to your own computer again after you copy some file to it but couldn't find anything on new computer. If there is problem in new PC, how about your own PC?
Please have a try, If there was any progress, feel free let us know.
Roger Lu
TechNet Community Support

I just restored my 13" MBP i5 at the apple store to the newest version of Lion after issues with a previous Time Machine backup from Snow Leopard- this time I created a new account and just ported files and folders, and now MS Office doesn't work. Help?

I just restored my 13" MBP i5 at the apple store to the newest version of Lion after issues with a previous Time Machine backup from Snow Leopard- this time I created a new account and just ported files and folders, and now MS Office doesn't work.
^^ that's the main problem. Here's the full history.
I bought a new 13" i5 MBP, early 2011 edition. I had an old white Macbook 2.14 ghz core2duo on Snow Leopard. I attempted to port over my time machine backup, but encountered problems in that my User was inaccessible from the new computer after the import finished, and I had to go in and change the root password, etc, and for some reason or another, I couldn't install any programs at all from that administrator's account. By "couldn't" I mean I could install them, but upon installation they would never boot. So, I took it to the apple store and did a clean install from the most up to date Lion OSX. Then, I created a brand new admin account, instead of trying to import the old one, and things seemed great. Then, I just imported my old files from the TM backup, but not any system settings, permissions, or user data. Just my Docs, pics, vids, apps, and itunes stuff.
Here's where things get weird again. I imported this stuff under the name "old", but all of these folders have a red negative sign on them, marking them as restricted. So, from my main admin account, I cannot even peruse these folders. Since I didn't import user data, I can't sign in to the "old" account to change permissions. I already tried to change the permissions from system preferences, but that didn't change anything. And now, for whatever reason, of all the apps that were imported then, MS Office is the only set of apps that does not work. When I click on it, it just says there was a problem and asks if I'd like to send a report to apple. I tried reinstalling it to no avail. I'm an English student, so i really need access to Word. Can anyone help? The Apple store is a major detour for me and would like to fix this issue myself.

Most likely you have Office 2004 which are PPC-only applications and will not work in Lion. Upgrade to Office 2011. Other alternatives are:
Apple's iWork suite (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote.)
Open Office (Office 2007-like suite compatible with OS X.)
NeoOffice (similar to Open Office.)
LibreOffice (a new direction for the Open Office suite.)

Windows 7 won't allow me access to some of my files and folders

I installed a new copy of Windows 7 Professional SP1 on a new PC several months ago. I then restored my documents from a backup made on my old XP system. Ever since installation, I have had problems with Windows denying me access to some of my files
and folders. I have full administrative rights on the machine. The various problems I've had, and steps I've taken to resolve them are:
1. Try to open a file and get a message telling me I need permission from Steve to open this file. I am Steve.
2.Try to open a file and get a message telling me I don't have permission to open it, but click this button to get permanent permission. I click the button, but still don't have permission.
3. I then started opening the security settings for individual files and setting myself to have full access, and as the owner. This worked for individual files.
4. I then tried setting the same security settings for entire folders. This didn't work and didn't improve anything.
5. I tried setting the security settings so that Administrators owned the files/folders (I am an administrator). This also didn't achieve anything.
6. After several months and still getting these messages, I got sick of trying to overcome them and decided to apply these security settings to my entire C: drive. I set myself to have full access and to be the owner of the C: root directory and all sub-objects.
7. I inserted my Windows installation disk and tried to run the System Repair. It told me that System Repair was not compatible with the version of Windows I was running! WTF???
Not only did setting permissions for the entire C: drive not help me, it has made matters a WHOLE lot worse. I now don't have permission to open almost all my files/folders. Most applications I try to run (Word, Excel, etc.) either tell me they can't open
a file or let me open and edit it, then tell me I don't have permission to save to that location. When I press the Send/Receive button in Outlook, it now tells me I don't have permission to perform that action. I've tried going back to a restore point before
I made this change, but that didn't change anything either.
This problem has been driving me insane for months and now my PC is almost completely unusable and I'm considering a disk format and re-install Windows. When I initially installed it, so many problems came up in the first few weeks that I'm very reluctant
to go through this procedure again. I spent hours and hours trawling the web looking for solutions to things that didn't work.
Does anyone have any good news for me? Because as far as I'm concerned, Windows 7 is so far a piece of garbage.

Hi Steve1904,
So you have use the backup and Restore to restore your files from Windows XP to Windows 7 directly?
This should be considered not work.
If you would like to transfer files between Windows XP and Windows 7, you need another tool called Windows Easy Transfer.
See the article below if you would like to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7:
Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7
If possible, follow the steps there, then things should be OK.
Best regards
Michael Shao
TechNet Community Support

How do I set up my iPad for outlook files and folders

I want to see and use, on my iPad, the same files and folders I have in outlook on my PC. Also I want any changes I make on the PC or the iPad to sync with each other.
PC is running Windows 7,
Outlook version 2007, not the exchange version although I think I can get that by re-installing outlook and choosing that option.(I don't understand what exchange is but don't bother to explain it unless the solution requires using it)
I currently use Gmail for my email accounts server. They are set up as POP accounts with Outlook using a .PST data file. However, IMAP is available for Gmail. My brief past experience with IMAP and .OST data files was kind of a disaster so it isn't my 1st choice for this.
As I understand it using Outlook 365 with Microsoft's cloud and mobile app would solve my problem but I don't like clouds, 365 or IMAP (I may have to concede on some of those). If there is a way to do it through the Gmail accounts without any other cloud that would be ideal since they already have all my email and I won't be spreading my personal info to other companies.
I do have a Drop Box account but I currently only use it for some well vetted specific files that I share with specific individuals.
I do not have any computer or network drive that is always on and might serve as a private cloud. That could be changed but then i'm relying there being no ISP or power interruptions which, of course do occasionally happen.
Obviously I'm being rather picky here knowing that I'll probably have to live with some things less than ideal.
I will consider 3rd party apps if they seem to be part of the solution.
Thank you in advance for any person/s that want to help me on this.
hsvt

Thanks. I can change the forwarding settings in Gmail to be either POP or IMAP. That is quite simple. I just looked at those settings on the Gmail server and, to my surprise, both are enabled. In order for outlook client on my computer to receive IMAP emails I have to change the email account settings in my current outlook from POP to IMAP. I don't need to be using the Exchange version of Outlook to receive IMAP. I guess I'll do a little research tomorrow on Exchange so i can figure out what, if anything, it might do for me.
I glanced at the link you sent me and it looks like it might be very helpful - another project for tomorrow.
BTW: I hit "This Solved my Question" by accident. I meant only to "like' your response so you would get some benefit from the help you've given me so far. I hope I haven't discouraged others from taking a shot at helping me. I suspect there is more than one way to approach this and, as you know, my problem isn't really solved until I have what I need all set up and running smoothly.

How can I sort all files and folders by size?

Due to lack of space I need to find the biggest files and folders on my Mac OSX Mountain Lion, but "Size" is not in the Find options.
And I don't know the wildcard to sort all files and folders by size in Easyfind.
Thanks
Sarah

There are applications out there which are designed to show you files and the space they use. Some of these applications and some strategies for making more room on your disk are given below.
Freeing Up Hard Disk Space
Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk
Clearing Disk Space on Your Mac
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How to share files and folders between users of a same mac

Hello,
I would like to share a folder among users of the same Mac. I have a folder called toto, containing files and folders and i would like to share toto with other users of my mac. I would like the other users to be able to read and write every file contained in the shared folder toto.
Is it possible ?
Thanks a lot,
Franck

Yes, that works for items that are already there, but would have to keep being repeated for newly-created items.
Actually, using chmod -R 777 <folder> raises a Unix question for me that perhaps a more knowledgeable person here can answer for both of us.
Setting the "x" bit on an enclosed folder would make it "searchable", which is what you want here, while setting the "x" bit on an enclosed file would make it "executable", which would not be intended. It's my understanding that if you use chmod -R 777 you will set the "x" bit on all enclosed items, including the files, while using, say, chmod -R a+rwX would only set the x bit on enclosed folders, not the enclosed files. My question for someone here is, should you therefore never use chmod -R 777 on an enclosing folder and instead always use something like chmod -R a+rwX? Does it make any difference in practice whether or not your datafiles are inadvertently made "executable?"

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