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23.1.91; Deleting directories causes unusable file layout in freedesktop trashcan

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: David De La Harpe Golden  <david <at> harpegolden.net>
Cc: Tassilo Horn <tassilo <at> member.fsf.org>, 5436 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5436: 23.1.91; Deleting directories causes unusable file layout in freedesktop trashcan
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:20:25 -0500

Hi David,

Could you take a look at Bug#5436?  Thanks.

> I have `delete-by-moving-to-trash' enabled.  When I delete a directory
> with `M-x delete-directory' or using `D' in dired on a directory and say
> that I want to delete it recursively, the freedesktop trashcan contains
> entries for each file deleted, and not only one entry for the whole
> directory.
>
> For example, I delete the directory ~/foo with these contents:
>
>     ~/foo/
>     ~/foo/bar/
>     ~/foo/bar/test.txt
>
> After that, the freedesktop trashcan contains these Entries:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>   /home/horn/.local/share/Trash/files:
>   total used in directory 20K available 70801444
>   drwx------ 4 horn horn 4.0K Jan 21 13:42 .
>   drwxr-xr-x 4 horn horn 4.0K Jan 21 13:42 ..
>   drwxr-xr-x 2 horn horn 4.0K Jan 21 13:42 bar                 ###
>   drwxr-xr-x 2 horn horn 4.0K Jan 21 13:42 foo
>   -rw-r--r-- 1 horn horn    1 Jan 21 13:42 test.txt            ###
>
>   /home/horn/.local/share/Trash/info:
>   total used in directory 20K available 70801444
>   drwx------ 2 horn horn 4.0K Jan 21 13:42 .
>   drwxr-xr-x 4 horn horn 4.0K Jan 21 13:42 ..
>   -rw-r--r-- 1 horn horn   74 Jan 21 13:42 bar.trashinfo       ###
>   -rw-r--r-- 1 horn horn   70 Jan 21 13:42 foo.trashinfo
>   -rw-r--r-- 1 horn horn   83 Jan 21 13:42 test.txt.trashinfo  ###
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> The lines marked with ### are wrong.  `delete-directory' should keep the
> structure of the deleted directory and move it as a whole to the trash.
> Else, it's nearly impossible to restore the top level dir foo including
> all contents again, and that's what the trashcan if for, right?

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