Function: dired-delete-entry

dired-delete-entry is a byte-compiled function defined in dired.el.gz.

Signature

(dired-delete-entry FILE)

Documentation

Remove entry FILE in the current Dired buffer.

Like dired-remove-entry followed by dired-clean-up-after-deletion. Note this doesn't delete FILE in the file system. See dired-delete-file in case you wish that.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/dired.el.gz
(defun dired-delete-entry (file)
  "Remove entry FILE in the current Dired buffer.
Like `dired-remove-entry' followed by `dired-clean-up-after-deletion'.
Note this doesn't delete FILE in the file system.
See `dired-delete-file' in case you wish that."
  (dired-remove-entry file)
  (dired-clean-up-after-deletion file))