From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: set-file-modes on w32 Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:18:38 +0200 Message-ID: References: <39352.130.55.118.19.1255538122.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> <83eip5j0tl.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1255558762 5688 80.91.229.12 (14 Oct 2009 22:19:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:19:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 15 00:19:12 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MyCBc-0008H9-8s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:19:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47591 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MyCBb-0001He-JE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:19:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MyCBU-0001GC-Hh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:19:04 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MyCBQ-0001DM-IH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:19:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57784 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MyCBQ-0001DJ-Dv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:19:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yw0-f177.google.com ([209.85.211.177]:35546) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MyCBO-0005SQ-VR; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:18:59 -0400 Original-Received: by ywh7 with SMTP id 7so297327ywh.24 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:18:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=4u926T+ddla/CfK6ZfVYJNJZEHC0IYHAhL1PL5nQFOo=; b=CIdjZUWaB399qaHrB5PSH1gf50J6p2y1Yskyi80sqOBqF1qTiNZvQVYKqa5nbm8xHP BdsB0wA4EhtnwDta6S36hqtl94KNf8UP72bKzIPac66YHVripZC4+erh+j9UmkgsyguF ujIzV6a5vUYMnmQ8T8Hz2b6DdxunqkFKp31uc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=HLPbJLJc9ig2xGEW6M9jZH/dz0tRYIvWoUqXFgj/0Fgqz9Ua1yvEmaxQfWrPQqcjyq xxPrQaYJBUozsW/9CZf8lEeuHd4t/yPoBCCAXWbgDD3zPKSyOTC77y6H7a89wjTZL4cN H75Z3DOgnRzVoVTWHmh5qW+4K2yRS0rGVDZa8= Original-Received: by 10.101.203.6 with SMTP id f6mr7924022anq.172.1255558738135; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:18:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <83eip5j0tl.fsf@gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:116150 Archived-At: On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: Lennart Borgman >> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:39:19 +0200 >> Cc: Emacs-Devel devel >> >> > Not much: W32 file systems tend to have very few mode bits (although N= TFS >> > supports ACLs): they are Archive, Read Only, Hidden, and System. =C2= =A0I think >> > that `set-file-modes' only affects R. >> >> Thanks, that was what I expected. >> >> But should not set-file-modes doc string reflect this in some way? > > set-file-modes does on Windows what it meaningfully can. =C2=A0Some day, = a > more thorough implementation based on native Windows file security > might do the same it does on Windows. =C2=A0I don't think users should > bother about these differences in implementation. Why not? What happens today if the user tries to do something that is not supported?