Re: [Bashburn-info] new filemanager

[Nick W. <ni...@uk...>]

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:40:28 +0200
Anders Lindén <and...@gm...> wrote:

> I committed a new version of the file manager that displays files in
> three columns, marked with [d] or  [f] depending on whether they are
> files or directories.  I also added a delete mechanism that works the
> same way as the file linking one. The difference is that the delete
> function is 'locked' to BBBURNDIR. 
> 
> Anyone has a good idea on how to implement a page system? Let's say
> we want to show a maximum of 16 entries per page (Three columns, four
> rows). 
> 
> Anyway, try it out and let me know what you think. 
> 

I have added a small fix - the column count logic was wrong, and every
4th file/dir wasn't being printed to stdout.

Another issue is trying to delete directories.  rm <filename> doesn't
work here, of course.

====
File(s): 12
rm: cannot remove `/home/nick/burn/test': Is a directory
12 -> /home/nick/burn/test deleted.

Files deleted from /home/nick/burn
====

One way is to check if dir is emtpy and use 'rmdir', or the real
dangourous way if it isn't empty is 'rm -[r]f'.

Perhaps it easier to ask used to empty the directory first, as I
wouldn't like to see 'rm -[r]f' in the code.

Nick
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