Ensure permissions commands

ensurePerm.sh

# make all files 666, all directories 777
# (remove execute, re-set directory-only execute)
# [may not work]
chmod -R -v a-x+rwX .

# all files 666, all directories 755
find $item -type f -print0 | xargs --no-run-if-empty -0 chmod 644
find $item -type d -print0 | xargs --no-run-if-empty -0 chmod 755

# chmod and chown
find $item -type f -name '.htaccess' -print0 | xargs --no-run-if-empty -0 -I {} sh -c 'chmod 644 "{}"; chown $USER:$USER "{}";'

# test that all files are their proper permissions
find . -type f ! -perm 777 -print0 | xargs --no-run-if-empty -0 stat -c "%a %n"

# chown to original user while su'd (so long as HSphere keeps group names the same as user names)
# bash doesn't have a group environment variable
chown $USER:$USER file

# if $item doesn't exist, make it
if [[ ! -d $item && ! -f $item ]]; then
  echo "$item doesn't exist. Assuming directory."
  mkdir -p $item
fi