2016-04-22 21:49 GMT+02:00 Maurice Howe <mauriceh...@gmail.com>: > Aren't we overcomplicating things? > > Couldn't you simply OPEN and SAVE files under new names anywhere you'd like > in your file structure (desktop, etc)? Then you can edit THOSE versions as > if you had authored them. >
I don't think he mentioned how many the files are. I just assumed there were at least a couple of hundred or something. Maybe I was totally wrong there. > > Maurice > > On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Eldon Fredericks <fre...@purdue.edu> > wrote: > > > 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. > > > > 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 > > > > >
