2 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 2864d8f1296..5ae6ce6ebf5 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-03-09  Jason Rumney  <jasonr@gnu.org>
+
+        * fileio.c (Fcopy_file) [WINDOWS_NT]: Ensure file is not
+        read-only when setting modified time.
+
 2002-03-08  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>
 
         * xdisp.c (move_it_vertically_backward): At the end of the
diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index d328a2d3636..bb39f2a153b 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -2409,12 +2409,25 @@ A prefix arg makes KEEP-TIME non-nil.  */)
   else if (NILP (keep_time))
     {
       EMACS_TIME now;
+      DWORD attributes;
+      char * filename;
+
       EMACS_GET_TIME (now);
-      if (set_file_times (XSTRING (encoded_newname)->data,
-                          now, now))
-        Fsignal (Qfile_date_error,
-                 Fcons (build_string ("Cannot set file date"),
-                        Fcons (newname, Qnil)));
+      filename = XSTRING (encoded_newname)->data;
+
+      /* Ensure file is writable while its modified time is set.  */
+      attributes = GetFileAttributes (filename);
+      SetFileAttributes (filename, attributes ^ FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY);
+      if (set_file_times (filename, now, now))
+        {
+          /* Restore original attributes.  */
+          SetFileAttributes (filename, attributes);
+          Fsignal (Qfile_date_error,
+                   Fcons (build_string ("Cannot set file date"),
+                          Fcons (newname, Qnil)));
+        }
+      /* Restore original attributes.  */
+      SetFileAttributes (filename, attributes);
     }
 #else /* not WINDOWSNT */
   ifd = emacs_open (XSTRING (encoded_file)->data, O_RDONLY, 0);