Editing ReadOnly Files

[ssmusoke]

How can I edit a readonly file, I have some files checked out using Zend Studio for Eclipse, however they are marked as readonly.

I do not want to keep going to the file system to chaneg the readonly bit marker.

Is there a plugin to do this?

Why is it like this anyway?

[Filip Zamboj]

File is readonly if you don't have permission to change it, usually.
Change user permissions on files (chown -R myself:myself) or change file
attributes. If you want to edit file using netbeans you have to run
netbeans as a user that have permission to access it. I doubt there is a
plugin that would allow you to change files you don't have permissions
to (and if you find it then let me know;) ). It's matter of your OS and
security.

Good Luck!

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Filip Zamboj
Sun Microsystems

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ssmusoke wrote:

[ssmusoke]

I am currently running Netbeans on Windows, and I have permissions to edit the files which are on a shared drive.

However I use Eclipse to synchronize with CVS, and once I complete a commit or update, the file is marked readonly. In Eclipse, the IDE would send a edit notification to CVS, and change the readonly attribute to edit the file.

However in Netbeans, I have to go to the file system to change the attribute. This is especially tedious during refactoring which changes multiple files.

Thanks in advance

[Petr Jiricka]

One thing you may want to try is to use NetBeans to synchronize with
CVS. I think NetBeans checks out files from CVS as read-write.

Petr

On Jul 2, 2009, at 7:30 AM, ssmusoke wrote: