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delete: preserve empty dirs in --backup-dir when deleting#967

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delete: preserve empty dirs in --backup-dir when deleting; add regression test

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testsuite: check that only the right files go into backup
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delete: use rmdir+mkdir instead of rename to safely back up empty dirs

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delete: treat EEXIST like ENOTEMPTY for rmdir on Solaris

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