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

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Message #57 received at 41570 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: "A. Peter Blicher" <blicher <at> comcast.net>
Cc: 41570 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eliz <at> gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se
Subject: Re: bug#41570: 26.3; dired chown
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2020 22:54:23 -0400

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  >   It's already the case in emacs 
  > that trying to do chown in Dired under Windows yields an error message.

My suggestion is to adjust the error message so that it clearly explains
the situation.

Many programs sometimes report an error with an error message 
that doesn't tell the user what is wrong.  It is worth some effort
to make our error messages explain clearly to users what the problem is
and what caused it.  That way, they can tell what to do.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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