GNU bug report logs - #9362
24.0.50; Explain in manual(s) Dired/ls permissions listing on Windows

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:20:04 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Lennart Borgman'" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>, "'Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen'" <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 9362 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9362: 24.0.50; Explain in manual(s) Dired/ls permissions listing on Windows
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:44:08 -0700

> > Isn't explaining how file permissions on various file systems kinda
> > beyond the scope of the Emacs manual?
> 
> Isn't this is about what Emacs does, not about the various 
> file systems?

Exactly.  The _Emacs_ `ls' command is not sufficiently documented.  In
particular, what it does on Windows is special and needs to be described.
Otherwise the output is meaningless to users.  `ls' is an Emacs command.  No
outside doc for Windows will tell a user what it does. Likewise, `dired'.
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