[Feature Request] Can I delete files within duc ui?

[NightMachinery]

It would be very convenient to just press, say, 'd' and get the offending files/directories deleted, and the database updated.

[zevv]

Quoting NightMachinary (2018-05-24 17:03:13)

It would be very convenient to just press, say, 'd' and get the offending files/directories deleted, and the database updated.

It would, but the implementation would be kind of hairy, since building the index is a recursive operation and modifications would require recalculation of all te parent directories. I'm afraid this is not a feature that is eaisily added...

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[NightMachinery]

@zevv Would it be easier if d marked the files for removal, and then after exiting duc, it would remove those files and update the index? Daisydisk, a commercial GUI app, kind of does this.

[zevv]

I'm sorry, but I decided not to put this in for various reasons. One is stated above (hairy implementation), and the other is that Duc should be a non-intrusive tool that you can trust never to touch your data. We index and display file systems, but never modify.

Closing this issue, sorry I couldn't help you out!

[Gurkenglas]

Perhaps a compromise can be found here: You could have a button that, when pressed, copies the currently selected file's path into your clipboard. Then deleting something would be merely a matter of <copy><Ctrl-Z>rm -rf <Ctrl-V> && fg<Enter>, which one could bind to a macro if one were so insane.

[l8gravely]

>>>> "Gurkenglas" == Gurkenglas ***@***.***> writes:

Gurkenglas> Perhaps a compromise can be found here: You could have a Gurkenglas> button that, when pressed, copies the currently selected Gurkenglas> file's path into your clipboard. Then deleting something Gurkenglas> would be merely a matter of <copy><Ctrl-Z>rm -rf<Ctrl-V> Gurkenglas> && fg<Enter>, which one could bind to a macro if one were Gurkenglas> so insane. Patches gratefully discussed if proposed. But again, duc is not meant to be an interactive tool in terms of file deletions, but an exploration tool to examine *large* volumes/filesystems. Again, if you step up with a patch (and test cases!!!) we will look them over and decide if we want to integrate it or not. John