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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 24897@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24897: 24.5; doc for `M' in Dired
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 21:50:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83oa1rgjdf.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <106ca6bc-ecf5-439f-853b-63331a41d4b8@default> (message from Drew Adams on Mon, 7 Nov 2016 11:28:52 -0800 (PST))

> Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 11:28:52 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: 24897@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > and if that is so, explaining the
> > Unix-style permission bits won't help a bit.
> 
> True enough for r and x, but not for w.  It is reasonable for a user
> on Windows to use `M' to make files read-only or writable.

But there's no "write" bit on Windows, at least not on the level on
which the 'M' command in Dired works on Windows.  So you cannot really
explain the w bit, either.

You need a completely separate description for Windows users.





  reply	other threads:[~2016-11-07 19:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <<b7cf8a94-afca-47b4-8d4a-3356a70c8b2b@default>
     [not found] ` <<83shr3gkn1.fsf@gnu.org>
2016-11-07 19:28   ` bug#24897: 24.5; doc for `M' in Dired Drew Adams
2016-11-07 19:50     ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
     [not found] <<CADwFkmmtroWL2iVhE+pZgGkab8uOBc8zVVdOi_DWE1hu5ezBqQ@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found] ` <<83ftjzpc7g.fsf@gnu.org>
     [not found]   ` <<83d0f3pbzu.fsf@gnu.org>
2019-10-11 15:45     ` Drew Adams
2019-10-11 15:57       ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found] <<<b7cf8a94-afca-47b4-8d4a-3356a70c8b2b@default>
     [not found] ` <<<83shr3gkn1.fsf@gnu.org>
     [not found]   ` <<106ca6bc-ecf5-439f-853b-63331a41d4b8@default>
     [not found]     ` <<83oa1rgjdf.fsf@gnu.org>
2016-11-07 20:39       ` Drew Adams
2016-11-07 18:52 Drew Adams
2016-11-07 19:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-10-11 14:43 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-10-11 14:51   ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-10-11 14:56     ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-10-13 22:37       ` Stefan Kangas
2019-10-14  6:40         ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-10-14 14:01           ` Stefan Kangas
2019-10-11 15:42   ` Drew Adams
2019-10-13 22:38     ` Stefan Kangas
2019-10-13 23:21       ` Drew Adams
2019-10-14  6:46         ` Eli Zaretskii

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