Function: dired-flag-file-deletion

dired-flag-file-deletion is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in dired.el.gz.

Signature

(dired-flag-file-deletion ARG &optional INTERACTIVE)

Documentation

In Dired, flag the current line's file for deletion.

If the region is active, flag all files in the region. Otherwise, with a prefix arg, flag files on the next ARG lines.

If on a subdir headerline, flag all its files except . and ... If the region is active in Transient Mark mode, flag all files in the active region.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 24.3.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/dired.el.gz
(defun dired-flag-file-deletion (arg &optional interactive)
  "In Dired, flag the current line's file for deletion.
If the region is active, flag all files in the region.
Otherwise, with a prefix arg, flag files on the next ARG lines.

If on a subdir headerline, flag all its files except `.' and `..'.
If the region is active in Transient Mark mode, flag all files
in the active region."
  (interactive (list current-prefix-arg t))
  (let ((dired-marker-char dired-del-marker))
    (dired-mark arg interactive)))