Linux: command to make folders recursively writable without affecting the permission of files inside them

Question

Is it possible to make the folders writable recursively without affecting the files inside them using Linux command.

chmod 777 -R foldername - will make all folders and files inside the folder writable.

We've a website where we do not want the core files of a php framework writable, but at the same time we should be able to add new files.

Answer 1

You can say:

find foldername -type d -exec chmod 777 {} \;

This would only change the file mode for the directories and not the files within those.