Does "chmod 777 .* -R" chmod parent directories (..)?
Does chmod 777 .* -R change the mode of parent directories (..) recursively?
Solution 1:
Yes. (Learned it the hard way.)
Solution 2:
yes.
The use of a recursive option(-r) with a wildcard(*) is almost always a bad idea.
if you were trying this:
user@box path/$ foo -r .*
which probably means you also did this first, before realizing it missed hidden files:
user@box path/$ foo -r *
most likely what you wanted to do is
user@box path/$ cd ..
user@box $ foo -r path/
furthermore, chmod 777 is always a bad idea.
Solution 3:
Use .??* instead.