From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: 9362@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9362: 24.0.50; Explain in manual(s) Dired/ls permissions listing on Windows
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:05:02 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1EEEDDB70B5C4007B90959E3E5F2E5E5@us.oracle.com> (raw)
emacs -Q
I see no explanation in the Emacs manual (for Dired) or in the Elisp
manual (wrt file attributes or somewhere else) about what `ls' (hence
Dired) lists wrt file permissions on Windows.
The doc string of `file-attributes' is also pretty silent about this -
it says simply "file modes" (doesn't even use the word "permissions").
Some explanation should be given about permissions. I'm using FAT32,
for instance, and I see `x' for all directories and for no files.
`chmod' with `+x' or `-x' has no effect, and with no message. No doubt
this is due to Windows not supporting this. But that should be
explained - documented.
In Dired we show some permissions that apparently have no real meaning
on Windows (FAT, at least), and we provide a command (`chmod') which on
Windows does not do everything its doc says. OK, I'm using Cygwin for
the UNIX `chmod', but regardless, there should be some explanation of
these things in the manual(s).
In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
of 2011-08-22 on 3249CTO
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.5) --no-opt'
next reply other threads:[~2011-08-24 16:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-24 16:05 Drew Adams [this message]
2011-09-11 2:12 ` bug#9362: 24.0.50; Explain in manual(s) Dired/ls permissions listing on Windows Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-09-11 2:25 ` Lennart Borgman
2011-09-11 14:44 ` Drew Adams
2016-04-28 11:14 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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