How can I make directory writable

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How can I make a directory writable  from the OS X terminal

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chmod   w  lt directory gt  or chmod a w  lt directory gt  - Write permission for user  group and others chmod u w  lt directory gt  - Write permission for user chmod g w  lt directory gt  - Write permission for group chmod o w  lt directory gt  - Write permission for others

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To make the parent directory as well as all other sub-directories writable  just add -R  chmod -R a w  lt directory gt

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Execute at Admin privilege using sudo in order to avoid permission denied  Unable to change file mode  error    sudo chmod 777  lt directory location gt

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chmod  w  lt directory gt

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chmod 777  lt directory gt    this not change all  just one file  chmod -R a w  lt directory gt    this ok

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chmod 777  lt directory gt    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

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