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Re: dired problem
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Harald Hanche-Olsen |
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Re: dired problem |
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Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:54:56 +0100 |
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+ Roger Mason <rmason@esd.mun.ca>:
> I'm trying to use dired to delete some files. I mark them in the
> dired buffer using % d and supply the regex. The files are marked by
> D. I type 'x' and am asked to confirm deletion, which I do. However,
> the files (which have -rwxrwxrwx permissions and are owned by by
> username) are not deleted. Instead in the message buffer I see this:
>
> (file-error Removing old name permission denied )
>
> Can someone point out what I'm doing wrong?
You need write permission on the directory.
--
* Harald Hanche-Olsen <URL:http://www.math.ntnu.no/~hanche/>
- It is undesirable to believe a proposition
when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.
-- Bertrand Russell
- dired problem, Roger Mason, 2007/11/04
- Re: dired problem,
Harald Hanche-Olsen <=