1DPNS‐RM(1)                          DPNS       User      Commands
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6[1mNAME[0m
7       dpns‐rm ‐ remove DPNS files or  directories  in  the  name
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11       [1mdpns‐rm    [22m[[1m‐a[22m]    [[1m‐f[22m]   [[1m‐i[22m]
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14       [1mdpns‐rm     [22m[[1m‐f[22m]      [[1m‐i[22m]      [1m‐r
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17[1mDESCRIPTION[0m
18       [1mdpns‐rm   [22mremoves   DPNS  files  or  directories in
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20       directories either [1m‐r [22mor [1m‐R [22mmust be present.
21For  regular  files,  it
22       calls  [1mdpns_unlink  [22mwhile for directories, it calls
23[1mdpns_rmdir[22m.
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25       This  requires  write  permission  in the parent directory
26and the file
27       itself.   If  write  permission on an entry is denied, the
28standard  input
29       is  a  terminal  and  the  [1m‐f [22moption is not  given,
30the prompt "override
31       write  protection"  appears  and  if  the  response is not
32[1my[22m,  the  entry  is
33       not  deleted.   Entries  directly under a protected direc‐
34tory are never
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37       [4mpath[24m   specifies the DPNS pathname.  If [4mpath[24m
38does not start with [1m/[22m,  it
39              is  prefixed  by  the content of  the  [1mDPNS_HOME
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43[1mOPTIONS[0m
44       The following options are supported:
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46       [1m‐a     [22mRemove the [1mmetadata [22minformation about
47a file  [1mand  [22mthe  [1mmetadata[0m
48              information  about the replicas that it  may  have.
49[1mRemember [22mthat
50              this  is a metadata‐only operation, it does not re‐
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52              cas  physically  from the disk.  Removing  metadata
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54              replicas  without  removing  the  replicas from the
55disks  leads  to
56              non‐reachable  files  on  disk.   Applies  only  to
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60       [1m‐f      [22mDo  not  give  an  error  message   if  the
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64       [1m‐i     [22mRequest acknowledge before removing each in‐
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67       [1m‐R     [22mRecursive mode (equivalent to [1m‐r[22m).
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69       [1m‐r     [22mRecursive mode.
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71[1mEXIT STATUS[0m
72       This  program  returns  0  if the operation was successful
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74       operation failed.
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77       [1mCastor_limits(4)[22m, [1mdpns_rmdir(3)[22m, [1mdpns_un‐
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81       [1mLCG Grid Deployment [22mTeam
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85DPNS                        $Date:    2011/11/04    11:57:00    $
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