dired problem

dired problem

[Roger Mason]

Hello,

I'm trying to use dired to delete some files.  I mark them in the
dired buffer using % d and supply the regex.  The files are marked by
D.  I type 'x' and am asked to confirm deletion, which I do.  However,
the files (which have -rwxrwxrwx permissions and are owned by by
username) are not deleted.  Instead in the message buffer I see this:

(file-error Removing old name permission denied )

Can someone point out what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
Roger

Re: dired problem

[Harald Hanche-Olsen]

+ Roger Mason <rmason@esd.mun.ca>:

> I'm trying to use dired to delete some files.  I mark them in the
> dired buffer using % d and supply the regex.  The files are marked by
> D.  I type 'x' and am asked to confirm deletion, which I do.  However,
> the files (which have -rwxrwxrwx permissions and are owned by by
> username) are not deleted.  Instead in the message buffer I see this:
>
> (file-error Removing old name permission denied )
>
> Can someone point out what I'm doing wrong?

You need write permission on the directory.

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