From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: bojohan+news@dd.chalmers.se (=?iso-8859-1?q?Johan_Bockg=E5rd?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: dired-mode works lacks support of common tasks Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 23:38:42 +0200 Organization: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1065649287 12542 80.91.224.253 (8 Oct 2003 21:41:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 21:41:27 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 08 23:41:23 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A7M3f-0000N6-00 for ; Wed, 08 Oct 2003 23:41:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A7M2P-0000tu-Ot for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2003 17:40:05 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A7M2G-0000ri-Ba for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2003 17:39:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A7M1k-0000j8-6J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2003 17:39:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A7M1j-0000ix-Oj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2003 17:39:23 -0400 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A7LzG-00029J-OO for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Wed, 08 Oct 2003 17:36:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A7M19-0000Sp-Mx for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Wed, 08 Oct 2003 17:39:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [129.16.117.10] (helo=eru.dd.chalmers.se) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1A7M19-0000SY-5o for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Wed, 08 Oct 2003 17:38:47 -0400 Original-Received: from eol.dd.chalmers.se (eol.dd.chalmers.se [129.16.116.9]) by eru.dd.chalmers.se (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h98LciqJ017210 for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2003 23:38:44 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from eol.dd.chalmers.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by eol.dd.chalmers.se (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h98Lchx6018543 for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2003 23:38:43 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: (from news@localhost) by eol.dd.chalmers.se (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h98LcgNc018542 for gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu; Wed, 8 Oct 2003 23:38:42 +0200 (MEST) Original-To: gnu-emacs-bug@prep.ai.mit.edu Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Original-Lines: 40 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: frealaf.dd.chalmers.se Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.2 (usg-unix-v) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ge4W2Y9y6UZ42azkjhA2+4Kf/aw= X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by eru.dd.chalmers.se id h98LciqJ017210 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:5940 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:5940 Paul Pogonyshev writes: > It seems there is no simple way to copy or delete (recursively) a > directory in dired mode. There is. ,----[ C-h v dired-recursive-copies RET ] | dired-recursive-copies's value is nil |=20 | Documentation: | *Decide whether recursive copies are allowed. | Nil means no recursive copies. | `always' means copy recursively without asking. | `top' means ask for each directory at top level. | Anything else means ask for each directory. |=20 | You can customize this variable. |=20 | Defined in `dired-aux'. `---- ,----[ C-h v dired-recursive-deletes RET ] | dired-recursive-deletes's value is nil |=20 | Documentation: | *Decide whether recursive deletes are allowed. | Nil means no recursive deletes. | `always' means delete recursively without asking. This is DANGEROUS! | `top' means ask for each directory at top level, but delete its subdire= ctories | without asking. | Anything else means ask for each directory. |=20 | You can customize this variable. |=20 | Defined in `dired'. `---- --=20 Johan Bockg=E5rd