NOTE: See tip 9640 » How do I print permissions on a folder tree using standard commands?

There are many ways to accomplish the subject task.

In tip 5640, we set permissions on user home folders. In tip 5645, I introduced FORFILES. In tip 0425, I explained how to read the permissions displayed by the CACLS command.

I have scripted ListPerm.bat, to display the permissions of a folder tree. The syntax is:

ListPerm "Drive:\Folder" "ReportFile".

ListPerm.bat contains:

@echo off
setlocal
IF \{%1\}
\{\} GOTO bad
IF NOT EXIST %1 GOTO bad
IF \{%2\}
\{\} goto bad
set pf=%1
set report=%2
if exist %report% del /q %report%
cacls %pf%>%report%
forfiles -p%pf% -s -c"CMD /c if @ISDIR==TRUE cacls 0x22@FILE0x22>>%report%"
endlocal
GOTO :EOF
:bad
@echo Usage: ListPerm "Drive:\Folder" "ReportFile"
@echo.
endlocal