[Coco] List directory, delete directory, or quit ? (l/d/q)
Robert Gault
robert.gault at att.net
Sun Feb 1 09:08:52 EST 2015
Allen Huffman wrote:
> On Feb 1, 2015, at 7:38 AM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
>>
>> Since deldir is recursive, q, AFAIK, only quits the deletion of that
>> particular directory IIRC.
>
>
> Well shucks. I guess it’s the OS-9 version of “Abort, Retry, Ignore” from early PC-DOS days ;-)
>
> I see deldir can’t handle files without write permission. I have a bunch left over I have to go in and manually delete, I guess. Was deldir always this broken?
> --
Allen,
Did you try the kill directory program (kildir) I sent to you? That ought to
solve most of your deletion problems; although I don't know the effect of no
permission on my program.
Robert
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