2016-04-22 20:53 GMT+02:00 Eldon Fredericks <fre...@purdue.edu>: > Should have described operating system. I’m using a mac with os x 10.11.4 > (el Capitan). Any suggestions? The files were created with the Seagate > drive connected directly to my laptop. Now I have the Seagate connected to > the router so I can get at the files from both my laptop and my iMac. >
Do you have the same problem from both your laptop and your iMac? And by the way, iMac has Bash, doesn't it? > > Thanks, > freder > > > On Apr 22, 2016, at 1:06 PM, Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > 2016-04-22 18:47 GMT+02:00 Eldon Fredericks <fre...@purdue.edu>: > > > >> I have a whole bunch of files, both Open Office Writer and Open Office > >> Calc files created by me and stored on a Seagate drive connected to my > >> wireless router. > >> > >> I can see those files and I can retrieve them but I cannot modify nor > save > >> them. > >> > >> Is there a way to modify read only files to allow editing and saving? > >> > > > > Depends on why you can't modify them and what operating system you are > > running. If those files belongs to a different user (root, for instance), > > then you probably wouldn't be able to open them at all, unless you have > > group read rights. If, for some reason, your files doesn't have any write > > rights, the same problem will occur. This is easily fixed for all your > > files with a one-liner in Bash, if you are on Linux or similar, using a > > combination of find and chmod. For instance by looking for all files in a > > certain directory (and sub directories) named (using regular expressions) > > ”.*\.od[st]”, and change their permissions with chmod +w. > > > > And don't forget to do the same on your backup to AFTER you made sure > your > > one-liner actually works… > > > > > > > > Kind regards > > > > Johnny Rosenberg > > > > > > > >> > >> Thanks for any help. > >> > >> freder > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >> > >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
