Re: dired mode recursive delete

[Juri Linkov]

>>>> Could we eliminate this restriction in dired since now coreutils supports
>>>> cross-partition recursive directory renames.
>
> It would be great if dired had also a way of updating directory trees
> similar to 'cp -u' or 'midnight-commander'.

I wonder what would be the best way to implement this in dired: get code
from coreutils (that updates directories like `cp -u', moves directories
between partitions etc.), or make dired commands to run coreutils commands
like `cp' and `mv' directly with appropriate switches.  It seems strange
that dired uses external commands like `ls', and doesn't use `cp' and `mv'.

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Juri Linkov
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