backup_deldump - Deletes a dump level from the Backup Database
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OpenAFS 2025-03-21 BACKUP_DELDUMP(8)
Description
The backupdeldump command deletes the indicated dump level and all of its child dump levels from the
dump hierarchy in the Backup Database. Use the backuplistdumps command to display the dump hierarchy.
Examples
The following command deletes the dump level "/sunday1/monday1" from the dump hierarchy, along with any
of its child dump levels.
% backup deldump /sunday1/monday1
Name
backup_deldump - Deletes a dump level from the Backup Database
Options
-dump <dumplevelname>
Specifies the complete pathname of the dump level to delete.
-localauth
Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local /etc/openafs/server/KeyFile file. The backup
command interpreter presents it to the Backup Server, Volume Server and VL Server during mutual
authentication. Do not combine this flag with the -cell argument. For more details, see backup(8).
-cell <cellname>
Names the cell in which to run the command. Do not combine this argument with the -localauth flag.
For more details, see backup(8).
-help
Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.
Privilege Required
The issuer must be listed in the /etc/openafs/server/UserList file on every machine where the Backup
Server is running, or must be logged onto a server machine as the local superuser "root" if the
-localauth flag is included.
See Also
backup(8), backup_adddump(8), backup_listdumps(8)
Synopsis
backupdeldump-dump <dumplevelname> [-localauth]
[-cell <cellname>] [-help]
backupdeld-d <dumplevelname> [-l]
[-c <cellname>] [-h]
