JUNOSe 9.1.x Command Reference Guide A to M > D Commands > delete

delete

Description: 

Deletes a directory or file in nonvolatile storage. There is no no version.

NOTE: See Deleting Files in JUNOSe System Basics Configuration Guide, Chapter 5, Managing the System, for detailed information on file type usage with the delete command.

Syntax: 

delete { filename | directory directoryName[:fileName ] } [ force ]

• fileName—Name of the local file you are deleting (for example, system1.cnf); in User Exec and Privileged Exec mode only, an asterisk (*) in any position in the filename substitutes for zero or more characters; using an asterisk causes the CLI to prompt you for confirmation before the file or directory is deleted. You cannot delete reboot.hty or system.log files when you use an asterisk.
• directoryName—Path of a directory. 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 cannot use an asterisk in a directory name.
• force—Forces deletion of 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 a deletion of the directory.

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.

Mode(s): 

Boot, Privileged Exec, User Exec

    Release Information    Command introduced before JUNOSe Release 7.1.0.
fileName variable added for directory keyword in JUNOSe Release 9.1.0.