How can I make a directory writable, from the OS X terminal?
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chmod +w <directory>orchmod a+w <directory>- Write permission for user, group and otherschmod u+w <directory>- Write permission for userchmod g+w <directory>- Write permission for groupchmod o+w <directory>- Write permission for others
chmod 777 <directory>
This will give you execute/read/write privileges. You can play with the numbers to finely tune your desired permissions.
Here is the wiki with great examples.
chmod 777 <directory>
this not change all ,just one file
chmod -R a+w <directory>
this ok
Execute at Admin privilege using sudo in order to avoid permission denied
(Unable to change file mode) error.
sudo chmod 777 <directory location>
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