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authorKaroly Lorentey <lorentey@elte.hu>2005-01-06 15:00:09 +0000
committerKaroly Lorentey <lorentey@elte.hu>2005-01-06 15:00:09 +0000
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Merged in changes from CVS trunk.
Patches applied: * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2004/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-747 Update from CVS * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2004/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-748 Update from CVS * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2004/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-749 Update from CVS * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2004/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-750 Merge from gnus--rel--5.10 * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2004/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-751 Update from CVS * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2004/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-752 Update from CVS * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2004/gnus--rel--5.10--patch-78 Merge from emacs--cvs-trunk--0 * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2004/gnus--rel--5.10--patch-79 Update from CVS * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2004/gnus--rel--5.10--patch-80 Update from CVS git-archimport-id: lorentey@elte.hu--2004/emacs--multi-tty--0--patch-278
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diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-util.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-util.el
index d9952fd8cdc..91e087f05d5 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-util.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-util.el
@@ -708,6 +708,23 @@ Bind `print-quoted' and `print-readably' to t, and `print-length' and
(when (file-exists-p file)
(delete-file file)))
+(defun gnus-delete-directory (directory)
+ "Delete files in DIRECTORY. Subdirectories remain.
+If there's no subdirectory, delete DIRECTORY as well."
+ (when (file-directory-p directory)
+ (let ((files (directory-files
+ directory t "^\\([^.]\\|\\.\\([^.]\\|\\..\\)\\).*"))
+ file dir)
+ (while files
+ (setq file (pop files))
+ (if (eq t (car (file-attributes file)))
+ ;; `file' is a subdirectory.
+ (setq dir t)
+ ;; `file' is a file or a symlink.
+ (delete-file file)))
+ (unless dir
+ (delete-directory directory)))))
+
(defun gnus-strip-whitespace (string)
"Return STRING stripped of all whitespace."
(while (string-match "[\r\n\t ]+" string)