Deleting Files

Use the delete command to delete files in NVS. Table 35 shows the types of files you can delete in different locations.

delete

• Use to delete files in NVS.
• To delete a file in user space, specify the incoming or outgoing directory on the FTP server. You can specify the name of a subdirectory in the incoming or outgoing directory.
• You can include an asterisk (*) as a wildcard at any position in a specified filename. The asterisk substitutes for zero or more characters in the name. You cannot use an asterisk in a directory or subdirectory name.
• You cannot delete reboot.hty or system.log files when you use a wildcard.
• When you do not use a wildcard, the CLI deletes the file immediately without prompting you for confirmation. When you use a wildcard, the CLI prompts you for confirmation unless you also specify the force keyword; in that case the deletion takes place without confirmation.
• The force keyword causes the immediate deletion of the directory or file even when it is not empty. However, if a file in the specified directory, or a specified file, is marked by the file system as in use because it is required for the current operation or configuration, the force keyword cannot force the deletion.
• The force keyword is ignored when you attempt to delete any .dmp or .tsa file (unless the deletion is issued from a .mac or .scr file); this means that the CLI always prompts for confirmation for these file types.
• Examples

  host1#delete test-2.txt

  host1#

  host1#del test*.txt

  Delete disk0:test-1.txt? [confirm] -> press n

  disk0:test-1.txt: not deleted (per user request)

  Delete disk0:test-2.txt? [confirm] -> press y

  disk0:test-2.dmp: Deleted

  Deleted 1 file, matched 2 files

  host1#del test*.txt force

  disk0:test-1.txt: deleted

  disk0:test-2.txt: deleted

  Deleted 2 files, matched 2 files

  host1#del *.dmp force

  WARNING: The force option is ignored for this file type.

  Delete disk0:sample-1.dmp? [confirm] -> press n

  disk0:sample-1.dmp: not deleted (per user request)

  Delete disk0:sample-2.dmp? [confirm] -> press y

  disk0:sample-2.dmp: Deleted

  Deleted 1 file, matched 2 files

  host1#delete /outgoing/test.scr

• There is no no version.

  Table 35: File Types You Can Delete

  Location
  System Space	User Space (Linked Files and Unlinked Files)	Network Host Within a Firewall	Standby SRP Module
  *.cnf *.dmp *.hty *.log *.mac *.rel *.scr *.sts *.txt	*.cnf *.dmp *.hty *.log *.mac *.pub *.rel (deletes *.rel file only and not associated files) *.scr *.sts *.txt Nonsystem files	None	*.dmp

• See delete.

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