Tivoli Storage Manager for NetWare Backup-Archive Client 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.

Syntax

                                 .----------------------.
                                 V                      |
>>-Delete ARchive--+----------+----+-filespec---------+-+------><
                   '- options-'    '-DIRectory or NDS-'
 
 

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, Using 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

DIRectory or NDS

Specifies that you want to delete the archived NDS.

Examples

Task

Delete a file named budget.

Command: dsmc del arch sys:user/plan/proj1/budget

Task

Delete all files archived from the sys:user/plan/proj1 directory with a file extension of .txt.

Command: dsmc del arch sys:user/plan/proj1/*.txt

Task

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

Command: dsmc d ar sys:user/project/* -pick