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bug#24897: 24.5; doc for `M' in Dired
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Drew Adams |
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bug#24897: 24.5; doc for `M' in Dired |
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Mon, 7 Nov 2016 11:28:52 -0800 (PST) |
> Since the original question was about "making the file read-only",
> I'm guessing the OP is on Windows,
That the user might be on Windows is a good guess. Or s?he could just
be a beginner wrt UNIX (or GNU/Linux).
> 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.
A little bit more help from the doc for such users could help, I think.