From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24897: 24.5; doc for `M' in Dired Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 21:22:42 +0200 Message-ID: <83shr3gkn1.fsf@gnu.org> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1478546637 11195 195.159.176.226 (7 Nov 2016 19:23:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 19:23:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 24897@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 07 20:23:51 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c3pVg-00069d-5V for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 20:23:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56106 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c3pVi-00070G-11 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 14:23:14 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51016) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c3pVZ-0006yf-DM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 14:23:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c3pVW-0005qM-B9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 14:23:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:33283) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c3pVW-0005q5-8N for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 14:23:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c3pVW-0004Uq-19 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 14:23:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 19:23:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24897 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24897-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24897.147854654117207 (code B ref 24897); Mon, 07 Nov 2016 19:23:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24897) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Nov 2016 19:22:21 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48682 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c3pUr-0004TT-M3 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 14:22:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59847) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c3pUp-0004T4-H1 for 24897@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 14:22:19 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c3pUh-0004KT-8l for 24897@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 14:22:14 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:41225) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c3pUh-0004KA-5M; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 14:22:11 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2382 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1c3pUg-0007Rr-HN; Mon, 07 Nov 2016 14:22:10 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Drew Adams on Mon, 7 Nov 2016 10:52:13 -0800 (PST)) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:125436 Archived-At: > Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 10:52:13 -0800 (PST) > From: Drew Adams > > This: http://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/28504/105, asks how to make files > read-only using Dired. Besides using wdired, the obvious answer is to > use `M'. > > However, in answering that, it becomes clear that the questioner does > not know the UNIX command `chmod', and might not know about file and > directory permissions. Since the original question was about "making the file read-only", I'm guessing the OP is on Windows, and if that is so, explaining the Unix-style permission bits won't help a bit.