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

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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: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 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 08:45:32 -0700 (PDT)

> >   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.

Yes, that's fine.

(And it's good to say that `w' is a write bit.)


[But do we usually write "MS-Windows" or "MS Windows"?]
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