I've got a bunch of Mac App Store apps that won't update.

They fail with the error: "The application could not be downloaded. The operation couldn't be completed. Read-only file system." Does anyone know how to fix this?

Steve...
Go to ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.appstore
Move the Cache.db file from the com.apple.appstore folder to the Trash.
Restart your Mac. Launch the App Store. Hopefully you can update your apps now.
~ (Tilde) character represents the Home folder.
For Lion: To find the Home folder in OS X Lion, open the Finder, hold the Option key, and choose Go > Library

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