11:21 AM [YesCT]  (executable) 
577 $ mkdir sites/default/files
[~/foo/d8-patch]
11:21 AM [YesCT]  (executable) 
578 $ ls -ld !$
ls -ld sites/default/files
drwxr-xr-x  2 ctheys  staff  68 Jan 11 11:21:33 2013 sites/default/files/
[~/foo/d8-patch]
11:21 AM [YesCT]  (executable) 
579 $ chmod a-x !$
chmod a-x sites/default/files
[~/foo/d8-patch]
11:21 AM [YesCT]  (executable) 
580 $ ls -ld sites/default/files
drw-r--r--  2 ctheys  staff  68 Jan 11 11:21:33 2013 sites/default/files/
[~/foo/d8-patch]
11:22 AM [YesCT]  (executable) 
582 $ drush -y sql-drop --db-url="mysql://root:root@localhost/d8-patch"Do you really want to drop all tables? (y/n): y
[~/foo/d8-patch]
11:22 AM [YesCT]  (executable) 
583 $ ls -ld sites/default/files
drw-r--r--  2 ctheys  staff  68 Jan 11 11:21:33 2013 sites/default/files/
[~/foo/d8-patch]
11:23 AM [YesCT]  (executable) 
584 $ mkdir sites/default/files/translations
mkdir: sites/default/files/translations: Permission denied
[~/foo/d8-patch]
11:24 AM [YesCT]  (executable) 
585 $ chmod a+x sites/default/files
[~/foo/d8-patch]
11:24 AM [YesCT]  (executable) 
586 $ ls -ld sites/default/files
drwxr-xr-x  2 ctheys  staff  68 Jan 11 11:21:33 2013 sites/default/files/
[~/foo/d8-patch]
11:24 AM [YesCT]  (executable) 
587 $ mkdir sites/default/files/translations
[~/foo/d8-patch]
11:24 AM [YesCT]  (executable) 
588 $ chmod a-x sites/default/files/translations