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Re: dired mode recursive delete
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Kevin Rodgers |
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Re: dired mode recursive delete |
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Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:11:41 -0600 |
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Richard Stallman wrote:
I'm uneasy about `top' vs. t as the default: when I'm prompted
"Recursive delete of SUBDIR? ", I expect that if I answer "yes"
that I'll be prompted for SUBDIR's subdirectories as well.
It asks about recursively deleting the directory's contents.
I interpret "recursive" as an explanation of why I'm being prompted: the
directory has a subdirectory, and deleting the directory in toto is
therefore a recursive operation.
So I think it is clear that you're saying yes to all the levels.
But my experience with the Unix rm command leads me to expect that
when I respond affirmatively that I am only saying yes to this level:
-bash-2.05b$ mkdir -p /tmp/foo/bar
-bash-2.05b$ touch /tmp/foo/bar/baz
-bash-2.05b$ \rm -ri /tmp/foo
examine files in directory /tmp/foo? y
examine files in directory /tmp/foo/bar? y
remove /tmp/foo/bar/baz? y
remove /tmp/foo/bar? y
remove /tmp/foo? y
-bash-2.05b$
--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
- Re: dired mode recursive delete, (continued)
Re: dired mode recursive delete, Richard Stallman, 2007/06/03
- Re: dired mode recursive delete,
Kevin Rodgers <=