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Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide

Delete Archive

The delete archive command deletes archived files from server storage. Your administrator must give you authority to delete archived files.

Attention: When you delete archived files, you cannot retrieve them. Verify that the files are obsolete before you delete them.

Supported Clients

This command is valid for all UNIX clients.

Syntax

>>-Delete ARchive--+----------+--+- filespec---+---------------><
                   '- options-'  '- "filespec"-'
 
 

Parameters

options
You can use these command line options with the delete archive command: description, filelist, noprompt, pick. For more information about command line options, see Chapter 10, "Using Options with Commands".

You can use the subdir common option with the delete archive command. For information about common options, see Chapter 9, Setting Processing Options.

filespec
Specifies the path and file name that you want to delete from storage. Use wildcard characters to specify a group of files or all files in a directory. You can also enter up to 20 file specifications in a command

Examples

Task
Delete a file named budget.

Command: del ar /user/home/proj1/budget

Task
Delete all files archived from the /user/home/proj1 directory with a file extension of .txt.

Command: del arch "/user/home/proj1/*.txt"

Task
Delete files archived from the /user/project directory using the pick option.

Command: d ar "/user/project/*" -pick


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