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

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Message #48 received at 41570 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 41570 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se, blicher <at> comcast.net
Subject: Re: bug#41570: 26.3; dired chown
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2020 23:54:25 -0400

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  > > 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.

I was replying to a message which seemed to say there was none, but I
don't claim to know anything about Windows.

Whatever the situation may be, the message could give users suitable
advice.  "Install the chown command to make this work" could be used,
provided the chown command in question is free software.


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