Correction: That should have been "/Developer/Tools/SetFile -a l <names of files>" and
"/Developer/Tools/SetFile -a l *"
I knew I shouldn't have stayed up this late. :-)

#! /bin/bash
#
# Simple file unlocking utility for Mac OS X
#
ARGS=1
E_BADARGS=65

function recursiveUnlock() {
    pushd $1
    for rdir in `ls -A`; do
        if [ -d "${rdir}" ]; then
            recurse ${rdir}
        else
            /Developer/Tools/SetFile -a l ${rdir}
        fi
    done
    popd
}

if [ $# -ne "$ARGS" ]
then
    echo "Usage: `basename $0` starting-directory"
    exit $E_BADARGS
fi

recursiveUnlock $1

$ ./recursiveUnlock.sh /path/to/top-level/dir

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