Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!leah!rpi!crdgw1!steinmetz!sunspot!blackje From: blackje@sunspot.steinmetz (Emmett Black) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs Subject: Re: small problem in dired mode Message-ID: <13760@steinmetz.ge.com> Date: 5 May 89 14:31:15 GMT References: Sender: news@steinmetz.ge.com Reply-To: blackje@sunspot.UUCP (Emmett Black) Distribution: gnu Organization: GE Research; Schenectady, NY 12345 Lines: 13 there are several reasons why emacs will "beep" at you when you attempt to copy a file... but they all mostly boil down to indicate that it can't write where you told it to write... - there may be an existing file by that name (emacs won't over write it) - you may not have appropriate permissions for the directory - etc... --Emmett J.E.Black; GE Research/K1-3C26; Schenectady, NY 12345 blackje@crd.ge.com; ...!uunet!steinmetz!crd!blackje