GNU bug report logs - #41570
Add "takeown" command for Dired on Windows

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Reported by: "A. Peter Blicher" <blicher <at> comcast.net>

Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 22:19:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 26.3

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: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: 41570 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se, blicher <at> comcast.net
Subject: bug#41570: 26.3; dired chown
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2020 09:32:58 +0300

> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2020 23:17:42 -0400
> Cc: 41570 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se, blicher <at> comcast.net
> 
> Perhaps the Dired O command should give an immediate error, perhaps
> 
>   Changing a file's owner not supported on this OS.  Switch to GNU/Linux.

But this is not true: if one has a 'chown' command available (and I
do), it will and should work as intended.
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