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bug#2729: 23.0.90; file-modes-symbolic-to-number: Parse error in modes n


From: Glenn Morris
Subject: bug#2729: 23.0.90; file-modes-symbolic-to-number: Parse error in modes near `g='
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:25:57 -0400
User-agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/)

"Roland Winkler" wrote:

> When I use dired-do-chmod to change file modes with an argument like
> `g=', I get the error message
>
> Parse error in modes near `g='

Works for me.

emacs -Q
M-x dired RET RET
(move to a file)
M g=rw

-> group permissions set to "rw".

More complex things, like "u=rw,g=r,o+r" also work fine.

What is the precise argument which causes
file-modes-symbolic-to-number to fail?






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