[ 755617 ] os module: Need a better description of &quot;mode&quot;

birkenfeld · birkenfeld · commit 2d8cc618db60 · 2005-07-18T08:16:33.000Z
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
@@ -764,6 +764,11 @@ \subsection{Files and Directories \label{os-file-dir}}
   \item \code{S_IXOTH}
 \end{itemize}
 Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows.
+
+\note{Although Windows supports \function{chmod()}, you can only 
+set the file's read-only flag with it (via the \code{S_IWRITE} 
+and \code{S_IREAD} constants or a corresponding integer value). 
+All other bits are ignored.}
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{chown}{path, uid, gid}
