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From: | Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: | Re: [bug-gawk] gawk - 'inplace' feature ignores file's access flags (read-only) |
Date: | Tue, 16 Jun 2015 21:47:45 +0300 |
> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 12:37:05 -0600 > From: Bob Proulx <address@hidden> > > This is one of those common pitfalls that people often fall into. It > is a misconception to think that permissions on a file prevent the > file from being removed. It does not. If one wishes to prevent a > file being removed then it is the permissions on the directory holding > the file that either allow or prevent it. On Unix, yes. But people coming from Windows expect that a read-only file cannot be deleted -- you get an "Access denied" error.
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