delete

This task deletes files and directories on the device. All files and directories matching the include regexp pattern are deleted.

Run this task in “dry run” mode first to determine what is actually going to be deleted.

You run this task against multiple domains by supplying the domainPatterns attribute. The delete task will delete files matching the patterns in each of the domains.

Attributes/Options

Name	Description	Required
include	Regular expression pattern defining what files and directories to delete. The match is done against the entire path of a file, including the filesystem (e.g., local:/). Note that the filesystem is separated by a single slash, i.e., the pattern local://.*xsd will not match anything. The filesystem is required. You cannot delete the root of the filesystem, though it is possible to delete everything under the root with the pattern local:/(?!ondisk$).*. Replace “ondisk” with the mount point of your disk array if it is not the default.	Yes
matchRequired	If set to true, fail if no files matched the include pattern. Defaults to true.	No
dryRun	If set to true, print the files and directories that will be deleted but don’t make any changes to the device. Defaults to false.	No
domainPatterns CLI alias: domains	Comma-delimited list of regular expression patterns defining what domains to apply the command to. Use ‘.*’ for all domains except the default. Use ‘.*,default’ to include the default domain. Defaults to the current domain. The current domain is specified using the dpDomain property or domain attribute of the task.	No

Examples

Delete all “.xsd” and “.wsdl” files from “services” directory on “local:/”:

dpbuddy delete -include="local:/services.*(\.xsd|\.wsdl)"

<dp:delete include="local:/services.*(\.xsd|\.wsdl)" />

You can find more examples under samples in your distribution or online.