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[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/emacs files.texi
From: |
Chong Yidong |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/emacs files.texi |
Date: |
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:31:08 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /sources/emacs
Module name: emacs
Changes by: Chong Yidong <cyd> 08/11/26 05:31:08
Modified files:
doc/emacs : files.texi
Log message:
(Misc File Ops): Document set-file-modes.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/doc/emacs/files.texi?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.49&r2=1.50
Patches:
Index: files.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/doc/emacs/files.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.49
retrieving revision 1.50
diff -u -b -r1.49 -r1.50
--- files.texi 24 Nov 2008 20:10:47 -0000 1.49
+++ files.texi 26 Nov 2008 05:31:08 -0000 1.50
@@ -1580,6 +1580,18 @@
Not all systems support symbolic links; on systems that don't
support them, this command is not defined.
address@hidden set-file-modes
address@hidden file modes
address@hidden file permissions
+ @kbd{M-x set-file-modes} reads a file name followed by a @dfn{file
+mode}, and applies that file mode to the specified file. File modes,
+also called @dfn{file permissions}, determine whether a file can be
+read, written to, or executed, and by whom. This command reads file
+modes using the same symbolic or octal format accepted by the
address@hidden command; for instance, @samp{u+x} means to add
+execution permission for the user who owns the file. It has no effect
+on operating systems that do not support file modes.
+
@node Compressed Files
@section Accessing Compressed Files
@cindex compression