GNU bug report logs - #24897
24.5; doc for `M' in Dired

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 18:53:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Found in version 24.5

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: stefan <at> marxist.se
Cc: 24897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24897: 24.5; doc for `M' in Dired
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 17:56:05 +0300

> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 17:51:31 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 24897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
>   Note that on MS-Windows this command can only set or reset
>   the `w' (write) bit, but cannot change any other bits.

Actually, here's a more useful text:

  Note that on MS-Windows only the `w' (write) bit is meaningful:
  resetting it makes the file read-only.  Changing any other bit
  has no effect on MS-Windows.
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