bug#29190: 25.3; Add option to disable confirmation for dired-do-shell-command

bug#29190: 25.3; Add option to disable confirmation for dired-do-shell-command

[Allen Li]

dired-do-shell-command always prompts for confirmation if you use * or
? as part of the command proper.  It would be helpful to have an
option to skip confirmation.

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 of 2017-09-16 built on juergen
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11905000
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 LDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro,-z,now'

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bug#29190: 25.3; Add option to disable confirmation for dired-do-shell-command

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Allen Li <vianchielfaura@gmail.com> writes:

> dired-do-shell-command always prompts for confirmation if you use * or
> ? as part of the command proper.  It would be helpful to have an
> option to skip confirmation.

This was apparently fixed in:

commit 142478c0958a233d68616220a6ef49c13f6b28dc
Author:     Allen Li <darkfeline@felesatra.moe>
AuthorDate: Tue Mar 22 17:48:13 2022 +0100

    Add user option for controlling dired-do-shell-command prompt
    
    * doc/emacs/dired.texi (Shell Commands in Dired): Document option
    * lisp/dired-aux.el (dired-confirm-shell-command): Add option
    (dired-do-shell-command): Check option before prompting
    (bug#29465).


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