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bug#24897: 24.5; doc for `M' in Dired
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#24897: 24.5; doc for `M' in Dired |
Date: |
Mon, 07 Nov 2016 21:22:42 +0200 |
> Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 10:52:13 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
>
> This: http://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/28504/105, asks how to make files
> read-only using Dired. Besides using wdired, the obvious answer is to
> use `M'.
>
> However, in answering that, it becomes clear that the questioner does
> not know the UNIX command `chmod', and might not know about file and
> directory permissions.
Since the original question was about "making the file read-only", I'm
guessing the OP is on Windows, and if that is so, explaining the
Unix-style permission bits won't help a bit.