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: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 24897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
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 <at> 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.
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