Re: Delete marked files from dired

[notbob <notbob@nothome.com>]

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