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| author | Jurica Bradaric <jbradaric@gmail.com> | 2016-02-28 12:44:59 +0100 |
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| committer | Jurica Bradaric <jbradaric@gmail.com> | 2016-04-20 08:25:51 +0200 |
| commit | 88a735166b7ee1eadaf6d46be11804dc0e1a251a (patch) | |
| tree | 2b39c525bb9120f6cc192106f0f93d7b4ca9016a /runtime/doc/eval.txt | |
| parent | 50a7517a6deb7d8eaa02bf718e273b7058066d89 (diff) | |
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vim-patch:7.4.1114
Problem: delete() does not work well with symbolic links.
Solution: Recognize symbolik links.
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/43a34f9f74fdce462fa250baab620264c28b6165
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime/doc/eval.txt')
| -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 9437491623..fea9423df2 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -2772,13 +2772,14 @@ 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. + A symbolic link itself is deleted, not what it points to. 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! The result is a Number, which is 0 if the delete operation was successful and -1 when the deletion failed or partly failed. |