gfal-rm - Remove files or directories
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Description
gfal-rm Removes each specified file or directory. By default, it does not remove directories. To delete a
directory, --recursiv needs to be given, in which case all given directories are removed too along with
all their contents.
Examples
gfal-rm
file:///tmp/test
gfal-rm
-r srm://endpoint.cern.ch/path/directory
Files
/etc/gfal2.d/*
All configuration files in this directory affect the behavior of the underlying gfal2.
Name
gfal-rm - Remove files or directories
Options
-h,--help
show help about the command.
-V,--version
output version information and exit.
-v,--verbose
verbose mode. Repeat up to 3 times for the most verbose mode.
-D,--definitionDEFINITION
define properties for gfal2. Definitions have the following syntax: "CONFIG_GROUP:KEY=VALUE"
-t,--timeoutTIMEOUT
global timeout for the execution of the command. Command is interrupted if time expires before it
finishes. Note: A grace period of 30 seconds is given to the global timeout.
-E,--certCERT
user certificate. (This option takes effect only after X509_USER_PROXY environment variable and
default /tmp/x509up_u`id -u` location cannot provide a certificate)
--keyKEY
user private key.
-4 forces Gfal2 to use IPv4 addresses only. (Option valid only for GridFTP protocol)
-6 forces Gfal2 to use IPv6 addresses only. (Option valid only for GridFTP protocol)
-C,--client-infoCLIENT_INFO
provide custom client-side information.
--log-fileLOG_FILE
write Gfal2 library logs to the given file location.
-r,-R,--recursive
remove directories and their contents recursively.
--dry-run
print what would have happened without any actual change.
--just-delete
do not perform any check on the file prior to delete. (Needed to delete HTTP signed URLs)
--from-fileFROM_FILE
read SURLs from a file.
--bulk perform bulk deletion.
See Also
gfal-cat(1), gfal-chmod(1), gfal-copy(1), gfal-ls(1), gfal-mkdir(1), gfal-rename(1), gfal-rm(1), gfal-save(1), gfal-stat(1), gfal-sum(1), gfal-token(1), gfal-xattr(1), gfal-evict(1), gfal-bringonline(1), gfal-archivepoll(1) v1.7.1 March 2022 GFAL-RM(1)
Synopsis
gfal-rm [ OPTION ]... FILE...
