Re: File modes facilities.

[Kim F. Storm]

Michael Cadilhac <address@hidden> writes:

> Nick Roberts <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>  > >>   I don't know any  way to change the modes of a  file, or even of the
>>  > >>   current file, within emacs.
>>  > >
>>  > > C-h f set-file-modes RET
>>  > 
>>  >   I meant in an user-friendly way, that's to say, without M-:, and
>>  >   without calculating the mode.
>>
>> In Dired, type M (`dired-do-chmod')?
>
>   First, it  uses dired,  and I don't  want to  launch a dired  of the
>   current directory to modify current-file modes.
>
>   Second, it uses the chmod(1) executable, which, beside the fact that
>   another program is called, is not compatible with systems that don't
>   have  that kind  of binary  installed (like  if one  just downloaded
>   a compiled version of emacs for Windows on http://www.crasseux.com)

Isn't there something in eshell that can do this?  It supports chmod.

-- 
Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk