[NTLUG:Discuss] how do I get a list of files that are set read-only?

[Merlin]

Quoting Steve Baker <sjbaker1 at airmail.net>:

> Merlin wrote:
> > Actually, I've had to do that in Windoze before, and, as a non-sequitor,
> how I 
> > did it was load the two dir listings into separate spreadsheets, write a 
> > function in another column that compared the files flagging those I was
> looking 
> > for.  Then, I filterd based on that column and copy and pasted to another
> 
> > spreadsheet.  I then wrote a VBA module that processed the spreadsheet and
> 
> > created a batch file to do what I needed to.  Then all I had to do was
> execute 
> > the batch file.
> 
> Well - yeah - if you're going to write programs to do it...but with only
> the tools provided, I think it would be pretty tricky.

Not to belabor a point, but don't the applications provided constitutue "tools 
provided"?

Anyway, I'm still new to Linux, even though the first time I used it was back 
in 1994.  I'm way behind on the learning curve, and I know that for some things 
it's "easier" in Linux.  However, a shell script is still, in my mind, 
programming, and your averague luser wouldn't be able to do it.

The execution environment be damned, code is still code and requires the same 
thought processes.

/me steps off his soap box and returns to the normal state of ignorance.

BTW, I'm also an MCP, one exam from his MCSD.

-- 
Merlin
"Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards,
for they are subtle and quick to anger."