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Re: Delete marked files from dired
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notbob |
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Re: Delete marked files from dired |
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15 Jun 2017 01:34:13 GMT |
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On 2017-06-15, notbob <notbob@nothome.com> wrote:
> On 2017-06-02, notbob <notbob@nothome.com> wrote:
>> On 2017-06-02, Marco Wahl <marcowahlsoft@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> *c*Dx
> This still works, perfectly, but now, how do I "force" delete, so I
> don't hafta answer y/n fer all recursive (filled) directories? ;)
I found this:
"You can delete empty directories just like other files, but normally
Dired cannot delete directories that are nonempty. If the variable
dired-recursive-deletes is non-nil, then Dired can delete nonempty
directories including all their contents. That can be somewhat risky."
So, how do I set the above named variable or, better yet, how do I
invoke it w/o changing my emacs config file? I've got some changes in
my ~/.emacs file, but I don't really understand 'em all. They were
suggestions by others, much like this Q. ;)
nb --not the sharpest knife in the emacs drawer
- Re: Delete marked files from dired, (continued)
- Re: Delete marked files from dired, notbob, 2017/06/14
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- Re: Delete marked files from dired, notbob, 2017/06/16
- Re: Delete marked files from dired, Marcin Borkowski, 2017/06/16
- Re: Delete marked files from dired, Ralf Fassel, 2017/06/19
- Re: Delete marked files from dired, Emanuel Berg, 2017/06/19
- Re: Delete marked files from dired, notbob, 2017/06/19
- Re: Delete marked files from dired, Emanuel Berg, 2017/06/20
- Re: Delete marked files from dired, Ralf Fassel, 2017/06/20
- Re: Delete marked files from dired, Emanuel Berg, 2017/06/20