Re: [bug-gawk] gawk - 'inplace' feature ignores file's access flags (read-only)

[Bob Proulx]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > 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.

If that is the way it works in MS-Windows then it just reinforces that
it is a common trap that people will often fall into.  Since it
doesn't work that way on Unix-like systems.

Bob