* files.texi (Directories): delete-directory has an optional

parameter RECURSIVE.

doc/lispref/ChangeLog

+2009-10-01  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
+
+	* files.texi (Create/Delete Dirs): delete-directory has an
+	optional parameter RECURSIVE.
+
 2009-10-01  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
 	* buffers.texi (Swapping Text): Minor clarification.

doc/lispref/files.texi

@@ -2501,11 +2501,12 @@ if they don't already exist.
 @code{mkdir} is an alias for this.
 @end deffn
 
-@deffn Command delete-directory dirname
+@deffn Command delete-directory dirname &optional recursive
 This command deletes the directory named @var{dirname}.  The function
 @code{delete-file} does not work for files that are directories; you
-must use @code{delete-directory} for them.  If the directory contains
-any files, @code{delete-directory} signals an error.
+must use @code{delete-directory} for them.  If @var{recursive} is
+@code{nil}, and the directory contains any files,
+@code{delete-directory} signals an error.
 
 @code{delete-directory} only follows symbolic links at the level of
 parent directories.

etc/ChangeLog

+2009-10-01  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
+
+	* NEWS: delete-directory has an optional parameter RECURSIVE.
+
 2009-10-01  Carsten Dominik  <dominik@u016822.science.uva.nl>
 
 	* refcards/orgcard.tex: New version number.

etc/NEWS

@@ -302,6 +302,9 @@ be in use:
   time-stamp-yyyy-mm-dd, time-stamp-yymmdd, time-stamp-hh:mm:ss,
   time-stamp-hhmm, baud-rate
 
+** `delete-directory' has an optional parameter RECURSIVE.
+
+
 * Changes in Emacs 23.2 on non-free operating systems
 
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