copy folder properties

if you use

ls -la <folder>

this will give you an output like this:

drwxr-x--- 18 andy andy 4096 2009-07-16 09:52 Music

the first character (d) shows it is a directory. If you split the rest into 3 groups

rwx r-x ---

You can convet them from binary to decimal

111 101 000
 7 5 0

You now have the access right of the folder, in this case its 750

You can now apply this to the folder and its subfolders and files using:

sudo chmod -R 750 <folder to change>

This will recursively (-R) set 750 access to the entire folder changing folders and files

Thank you for your answer. But I'm not talking about the linux folder properties.
I want to copy the tabs and their width from on folder to all the others without setting them manually for every folder.

    This just SOUNDS fascinating. Are you talking about something under preferences in Nautilus? There isn't much info about it in the "man" page if that's the case. Whatever the case, Linux is supposed to be popular because it is so powerful (I believe it is, just saying...)
     Can you provide more information on how you made changes to folder appearances and in what application, please. Would love to help, although it will be a learning process for me as well.

    Probably should have done that as "Add Information Request"....

Hieronymus,
since you assigned to 'evolution package' are you talking about evolution
http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/stable/ui-intro.html.en
or about a file manager?
e.g.
Nautilus?
http://library.gnome.org/users/user-guide/stable/nautilus-presentation.html.en

You likely mean preferences not properties.
Do you mean analog to M$_windows_explorer view config, where it says something like 'make that all folders look like this one'?

Maybe you'd like to upload a screenshot in order to better understand what you mean.

Nautilus example of tree (left side pane) and list view (right side window).
Lets say folder 'documents' contents five other folders.
A click on 'documents' in tree list would show five folders on the right hand window.
Arrange columns, width or whatever, then click on update in the main menu.
This should make the view stable for all current contents.

Sorry, no idea about 'evolution' since I don't use it.
But anyway I hope there will be a better answer than mine.

just testing if 'information request' works.

No, it doesn't.
http://www3.pic-upload.de/07.09.09/84imwyulwr7.png