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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/dired-aux.el | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/dired-aux.el b/lisp/dired-aux.el index bfc37c5cdef..8bda25e9e37 100644 --- a/lisp/dired-aux.el +++ b/lisp/dired-aux.el @@ -365,9 +365,17 @@ List has a form of (file-name full-file-name (attribute-list))." ;;;###autoload (defun dired-do-chmod (&optional arg) "Change the mode of the marked (or next ARG) files. -Symbolic modes like `g+w' are allowed. -Type M-n to pull the file attributes of the file at point -into the minibuffer." +Both octal numeric modes like `644' and symbolic modes like `g+w' +are supported. Type M-n to pull the file attributes of the file +at point into the minibuffer. + +See Info node `(coreutils)File permissions' for more information. +Alternatively, see the man page for \"chmod\", using the command +\\[man] in Emacs. + +Note that on MS-Windows only the `w' (write) bit is meaningful: +resetting it makes the file read-only. Changing any other bit +has no effect on MS-Windows." (interactive "P") (let* ((files (dired-get-marked-files t arg nil nil t)) ;; The source of default file attributes is the file at point. |