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On 2017-06-19, Ralf Fassel <ralfixx@gmx.de> wrote:

> Might be easier to just put
>
>   (setq dired-recursive-deletes 'always)

Not sure if it is actually easier, but at least it works!  Thank you,
Ralf.

Apparently, "nil" is not acceptable.  I had "t" in there, before.  With
"'always", it always seems to work.  DUH!  

Thank you to all you emacs fans.  I asked this question a few yrs ago
and no one answered.  Looks like we have some new blood.  ;)

nb