From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert D. Crawford" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Another rookie question dired and deleting files Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 07:11:42 -0600 Message-ID: <873bhvwwdt.fsf@laptop.rdc1.home> References: <1141649438.450444.111350@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1141687652 12838 80.91.229.2 (6 Mar 2006 23:27:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 23:27:32 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 07 00:27:31 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FGP6v-0001V2-LZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:27:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FGP6u-00009A-Td for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Mar 2006 18:27:28 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 07:11:42 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:/5ZwJup8+l5Lzyw0+8D2Syu54HA= Original-Lines: 27 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.52.232.141 Original-X-Trace: sv3-PvpbJIBQ5nE2Kg+Kdsn4CxFhsLKdNmBvztHF9j4XCPp0SrtyKXwogpke/Ti719T082OQF6kP0QBwjl/!AhHWDgRu90fGka1hUJhJmV3TiDVRhOR4bMaYC+cTwlLyhDvOwdOpb6sBCyydBb4rTqY4 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:137969 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:33596 Archived-At: "billy" writes: > Ive looked through my Emacs handbook and found where I can mark files > for deletion. Question now is how to get it to actually delete them. > I used 'd' to mark them and I know 'D' will delete a file immediately. IIRC, 'd' marks files for deletion, but does not actually delete them. 'x' performs the action. think of it as x-ecute. For more info on dired, in a very concise form, while in a dired buffer type C-h m. Think of this as help for mode. It works in all buffers and will show you the active commands. Switch to the help buffer and use C-s to search for a word that you think will get you the info you need. rdc -- ========================================================================== Robert D. Crawford rdc1x@comcast.net Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? A: To see his friend Gregory peck. Q: Why did the chicken cross the playground? A: To get to the other slide. ==========================================================================