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   We are running GNUemacs 18.58 on Our SunServer 690 (SunOS 4.1.2)
   and our workstations SparcStation 1+ and 2 and IPC and IPXs running
   SunOS 4.1.1.  We have seen this bug on all above platforms as well
   as in GNUemacs 18.57 on a 3B2 running AT&T UNIX SYSV 3.2.1.  All
   systems have ksh 88a as the user shell.

   The problem happens when we run dired on a directory as ROOT.  We
   could not reproduce the problem when logged in as a non ROOT user.
   The problem is that we can remove non-empty directories using the D
   command in dired and then execute it using the X command.

This problem was present indeed in emacs 18.57, so BE WARNED!  Don't
use standard 18.57 dired as root!!!  You can, by mistake, delete a
non-empty directory.  A workaround has been implemented in 18.58, so
this behaviour will not show.  Anyway, the directory listing will look
as if the directory had been deleted.  Don't worry, just type g and it
will show the right thing.

If you want a BETTER dired, try the new Sebastian Kremer dired that
will come with emacs 19.  Just look in the elisp archive.  Look in the
FAQ file for the location of the elisp archive.

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