Thank you very much Xavier for the information - that worked perfectly. The only mystery now is why the permissions of all these old files were changed in the upgrade from Ubuntu's Feisty Fawn to Hardy Heron.
On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 13:46 +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote: > On Mon, 2008-09-08 at 18:33 +0100, Geoff Kaniuk wrote: > > I attach a screenshot of a directory as it appears following my recent > > upgrade to 8.04 Hardy Heron. > > > > If you look at the Legacy directory, there are three files: > > LONDON.02 this is a text file > > LONDON_02.gdt this is a binary file > > LONDON_02.web this is a text file > > > > All of these files were produced by my own programs on a Windows system. > > > > The icon chosen for the first file is fine. > > > > The icon chosen for the next two is not fine, for neither of the files > > is an executable. > > Yes, but they have the executable bit (the "x" in "rwx") set - as often > in files coming from Windows, so they are seen as executable scripts or > something. > Just remove the "x" bit in the permissions and they should be fine. > > Xav > > -- With Best Wishes Geoff Kaniuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01223 710 582 33 Ashbury Close, Cambridge CB1 3RW -- nautilus-list mailing list nautilus-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list
