E505, File is write-protected
Hi vimmers, when I try to write (:w) a certain buffer, I get E505 (~ file XXX is write-protected, override with w!). The protection seems to be set by Vim, not the OS (WinXP). So I looked for the readonly option value, but it's set to noreadonly. I also checked write, which is set to write. Nevertheless, everytime I try to :w the file, I get this E505 dialog. Any hints? I'm running Gvim 7.0 on Win XP) Thanx in advance Wolfgang
Re: E505, File is write-protected
Hi, Wolfgang Schmidt wrote: when I try to write (:w) a certain buffer, I get E505 (~ file XXX is write-protected, override with w!). The protection seems to be set by Vim, not the OS (WinXP). So I looked for the readonly option value, but it's set to noreadonly. I also checked write, which is set to write. Nevertheless, everytime I try to :w the file, I get this E505 dialog. Any hints? I'm running Gvim 7.0 on Win XP) are you able to write the file with :w!? If not, the file might be opened exclusively or with write-access denied by another program. Regards, Jürgen -- Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. (Calvin)
Re: E505, File is write-protected
Wolfgang Schmidt wrote: when I try to write (:w) a certain buffer, I get E505 (~ file XXX is write-protected, override with w!). The protection seems to be set by Vim, not the OS (WinXP). So I looked for the readonly option value, but it's set to noreadonly. I also checked write, which is set to write. Nevertheless, everytime I try to :w the file, I get this E505 dialog. Any hints? I'm running Gvim 7.0 on Win XP) are you able to write the file with :w!? If not, the file might be opened exclusively or with write-access denied by another program. Regards, Jürgen With :w! the file can be written, so this can't be the problem. Thanks, though ... Wolfgang
Re: E505, File is write-protected
Wolfgang Schmidt wrote: Wolfgang Schmidt wrote: when I try to write (:w) a certain buffer, I get E505 (~ file XXX is write-protected, override with w!). The protection seems to be set by Vim, not the OS (WinXP). So I looked for the readonly option value, but it's set to noreadonly. I also checked write, which is set to write. Nevertheless, everytime I try to :w the file, I get this E505 dialog. Any hints? I'm running Gvim 7.0 on Win XP) are you able to write the file with :w!? If not, the file might be opened exclusively or with write-access denied by another program. Regards, Jürgen With :w! the file can be written, so this can't be the problem. Thanks, though ... Wolfgang Then the file might be write-protected by Windows (any program can override that if it takes extra steps for it). Try attrib filename.ext in CMD.EXE (where filename.ext is the name of the file). There are four possible attributes, each of which may either appear or be replaced by a space or period: H hidden : doesn't appear in DIR listings S system : a special kind of hidden file R readonly : the file cannot be written, except by clearing this flag first A archive : the file has been archived. To be normally writable, the file should have either no flags at all, or else only A. To change the flags, use for instance attrib -R +A filename.ext (minus to clear, plus to set). Best regards, Tony.
Re: E505, File is write-protected
Wolfgang Schmidt wrote: A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Then the file might be write-protected by Windows (any program can override that if it takes extra steps for it). Try attrib filename.ext in CMD.EXE (where filename.ext is the name of the file). There are four possible attributes, each of which may either appear or be replaced by a space or period: H hidden : doesn't appear in DIR listings S system : a special kind of hidden file R readonly : the file cannot be written, except by clearing this flag first A archive : the file has been archived. To be normally writable, the file should have either no flags at all, or else only A. To change the flags, use for instance attrib -R +A filename.ext (minus to clear, plus to set). Best regards, Tony. Thanx Tony, but this didn't work either. I executed attrib -R +A filename.ext as proposed, but still got the described behaviour. I have closed my Gvim session now and retried all with console vim. So I executed the attrib command as proposed, so the file's attribute is now set to A. I then started a console Vim to edit the file. The file was marked as [RO] when loading, so the readonly was set. I reset it with :set noreadonly and the [RO] mark disappeared. After this I again tried writing the file with :w, and again I got this E505 Message. Why does Vim think, this file would be [RO]? Wolfgang I don't know. I'm sending this to the list so someone else may answer. (Please use Reply to all next time.) Best regards, Tony.
Re: E505, File is write-protected - Problem solved
I don't know. I'm sending this to the list so someone else may answer. (Please use Reply to all next time.) Best regards, Tony. I got rid of the problem finally now by - rebooting. I looks like another nice feature of this obscure NTFS file system. Thanx Tony and Jürgen for your proposals, Wolfgang
