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| author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2016-01-17 15:56:34 +0100 |
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| committer | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2016-01-17 15:56:34 +0100 |
| commit | 43a34f9f74fdce462fa250baab620264c28b6165 (patch) | |
| tree | 4626c150935791d87ea175fa662d40b79e4ba634 /runtime | |
| parent | 4119cf80e1e534057680f9543e73edf7967c2440 (diff) | |
| download | vim-git-43a34f9f74fdce462fa250baab620264c28b6165.tar.gz | |
patch 7.4.1114v7.4.1114
Problem: delete() does not work well with symbolic links.
Solution: Recognize symbolik links.
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/eval.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt index 6edd3f541..fb6a85144 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -2755,13 +2755,14 @@ deepcopy({expr}[, {noref}]) *deepcopy()* *E698* delete({fname} [, {flags}]) *delete()* Without {flags} or with {flags} empty: Deletes the file by the - name {fname}. + name {fname}. This also works when {fname} is a symbolic link. When {flags} is "d": Deletes the directory by the name - {fname}. This fails when {fname} is not empty. + {fname}. This fails when directory {fname} is not empty. When {flags} is "rf": Deletes the directory by the name - {fname} and everything in it, recursively. Be careful! + {fname} and everything in it, recursively. BE CAREFUL! + A symbolic link itself is deleted, not what it points to. The result is a Number, which is 0 if the delete operation was successful and -1 when the deletion failed or partly failed. |