Re: Dired 7.4 bug: subdirectory deletion

sandy@ibm550.sissa.it
Sun, 4 Sep 1994 23:55:00 +0200


>>>>> On Sun, 4 Sep 94 13:53:21 PDT,
      interran@uluru.Stanford.EDU (John Interrante) said:

 > If I perform the following steps in a dired buffer:

 > 1.  Type `d' to mark a subdirectory called lib for deletion
 > 2.  Type `x' to expunge it
 > 3.  Type `y e s RET' to the prompt "Delete lib (yes or no)"
 > 4.  Type `n o RET' to the prompt "Recursively delete directory and
 >     files within lib (yes or no)"

 > lib still disappears from the dired buffer as if it had been deleted
 > even though it's still there.  If I type `C-g' to the question instead
 > of typing `n o RET', lib will stay around.

Thanks.  Fixed for 1.12, which is just starting alpha test.

--sandy