Function: archive-chmod-entry

archive-chmod-entry is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in arc-mode.el.gz.

Signature

(archive-chmod-entry NEW-MODE)

Documentation

Change the protection bits associated with all marked or this member.

The new protection bits can either be specified as an octal number or as a relative change like "g+rw" as for chmod(2).

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/arc-mode.el.gz
(defun archive-chmod-entry (new-mode)
  "Change the protection bits associated with all marked or this member.
The new protection bits can either be specified as an octal number or
as a relative change like \"g+rw\" as for chmod(2)."
  (interactive "sNew mode (octal or symbolic): " archive-mode)
  (if archive-read-only (error "Archive is read-only"))
  (let ((func (archive-name "chmod-entry")))
    (if (fboundp func)
	(progn
	  (funcall func new-mode (archive-get-marked ?* t))
	  (archive-resummarize))
      (error "Setting mode bits is not supported for this archive type"))))