On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Reinier Olislagers < [email protected]> wrote:
> On 29-4-2012 13:28, Juha Manninen wrote: > > Regarding issue #21855 > > http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=21855 > > > > I am planning to reject the patch but I would like to have other > > opinions, too. > > Actually, I'd like to have the possibility to delete an entire directory > with read only files without having to recursively remove the read only > attribute first.... just as long as it doesn't do so by default. > > Can e.g. be handy for backup programs removing old backup trees... > > Oh, and thanks for asking the list, Juha! > I realize it would be useful sometimes. However on *nix systems you can't change a file's read-only status if you are not the file's owner. It may cause more problems than it solves them. Can it be solved in a clever way, I don't know. Zeljan's opinion is to reject the feature. I haven't heard other opinions yet. Juha
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