[Digikam-users] Digikam and read-only files

[Fabien]

rcuql3k02 at sneakemail.com wrote:
> Thanks for your response.
>> This is impossible by nature of Linux!
> 
> Are you able to expand on this for me?  I don't really understand why
> it's impossible.  (Sorry!)

And you're right.
Having a file with read-only mode doesn't prevent it for being deleted, 
as long as you have write access to the directory.
Bugs you mentionned were related to the modification of a read-only 
file. There used to be bugs around that, but now they are solved.

> What I would like to see is that Digikam checks before deleting a
> file (or moving a file) and if the file is marked "read-only" then it
> will not complete the delete/move operation.  Is that possible
> somehow?

I don't think it should refuse the deletion of a file, but I guess it 
could send a popup warning window about that...
Note : konqueror itself doesn't ask anything when moving or deleting a 
read-only file.

You can add a new wish in bugs.kde.org if you want.

--
Fabien