[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/emacs files.texi

[Chong Yidong]

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
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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