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Old 22nd May 2019
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Default Ranger file manager deleted home directory

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Old 22nd May 2019
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Try nnn file browser (nnn-1.8.tgz), it's the best!
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Midnight Commander commands also work with Ranger. Useful if one occasionally mistypes.

F8 = delete
F7 = create directory
et cetera
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I am also thinking it might be a good idea to have a waste paper bin in OpenBSD.
There are ways to make back up copies of files and directories, and you can set up your system to do it automatically, for example:
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:w Input_file_bkp
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Or, for example, BEFORE blindly clicking or typing the delete option, and then saying yes, when it tries to warn you,...
Code:
mv foodir foodir-trsh
Will move the directory "foodir" to a directory "foodir-trsh", which could be in a directory name "waste-bucket".
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mv foodir  /home/anyuser/waste-bucket/foodir-trsh
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I am not sure this can be applied to OpenBsd, I think it could be, the main point is ranger can be configured to move the directory or files to a trash dir, (waste paper) :
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from: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ranger
Move to trash

To add a keybind that moves files to your trash directory ~/.local/share/Trash/files/ with DD, add to ~/.config/ranger/rc.conf:
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map DD shell mv %s /home/${USER}/.local/share/Trash/files/
Myself, I avoid using any GUI file managers when using the console, for the obvious reasons, as what happend to the OP, it is to easy to make a mistake, and delete something one does not want to delete. Also, I think if one must have a file manger when using the console or for example when accessing via ssh, well MC would be a better choice, in my opinion.
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so this post is more of a warning for anyone who is using Ranger.
Saying yes, after the file manager tries to warn you and asks if you are sure you want to delete a directory, is not a bug, it does what it says it will, when you say yes. I have made the same mistake myself but using other file managers , so the warning should be applied to any GUI file manager.
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Try nnn file browser (nnn-1.8.tgz), it's the best!
I just now tried nnn, seems pretty neat, I like it. Thanks
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For what it's worth, I tried ranger last year (I think) as a self compiled binary on an outdated OpenBSD installation that had no port. As neat as it looks on first impression I found it too unstable randomly crashing. Perhaps it's because I have an entire rabbit hole of directories under $HOME that goes really deep down. Anyway, it didn't seem to me to be the kind of programme I'd trust essential file operations with.

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For what it's worth, I tried ranger last year (I think) as a self compiled binary on an outdated OpenBSD installation that had no port. As neat as it looks on first impression I found it too unstable randomly crashing. Perhaps it's because I have an entire rabbit hole of directories under $HOME that goes really deep down. Anyway, it didn't seem to me to be the kind of programme I'd trust essential file operations with.

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ranger is written in python, so... it's pretty good for what it is
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