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In article <1992Aug13.135132.1@lib.haifa.ac.il>, jody@lib.haifa.ac.il (Yosef Branse) writes:
>I organize my incoming mail into folders. Every so often I do some
>housecleaning, in the course of which I use the command
>
>     DELETE/ALL
>
>to erase the current contents of specific folders. 
>This operation also deletes the FOLDER, even though I'd like to retain it
>for subsequent mail - next time I try to FILE a letter, I get the message
>
>      "folder does not exist, do you want to create it", etc.

This is mainly to protect all of us fumble-fingers who make a
lot of typos...

>This is like chucking out your filing cabinet every time you throw out some
>old letters!

No, deleting MAIL.MAI would be like chucking your filing cabinet. Deleting
an empty folder is like pulling a manilla file folder out of the cabinet
and tossing it in the trash can. What you are suggesting is like pulling
a manilla file folder out of the cabinet, removing the papers inside it,
and throwing them in the trash, and then putting the empty manilla folder
back into the drawer.

>I've looked in the manual and found no parameter for DELETE that allows for
>retention of the folder. I know I can delete entries indivdually, but that
>would be ridiculous; besides, I have a command procedure for automatic
>purging of various folders.
>
>Any explanations of this phenomenon and suggestions for a cure would be very
>welcome.

"This is expected behavior."

Use FILE/NOCONFIRM if the confirmation prompt bothers you. The default,
of course, is FILE/CONFIRM.

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