gfal-rm(1)

1GFAL-RM(1)                  General Commands Manual                 GFAL-RM(1)
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NAME

6       gfal-rm - Remove files or directories
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SYNOPSIS

9       gfal-rm [ OPTION ]...  FILE...
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DESCRIPTION

13       gfal-rm  Removes  each specified file or directory. By default, it does
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OPTIONS

20       -h, --help
21              show help about the command.
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23       -V, --version
24              output version information and exit.
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27              verbose mode. Repeat up to 3 times for the most verbose mode.
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29       -D, --definition DEFINITION
30              define properties for gfal2. Definitions have the following syn‐
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33       -t, --timeout TIMEOUT
34              global  timeout for the execution of the command. Command is in‐
35              terrupted if time expires before it finishes. Note: A grace  pe‐
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38       -E, --cert CERT
39              user   certificate.   (This   option  takes  effect  only  after
40              X509_USER_PROXY     environment     variable     and     default
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46       -4     forces  Gfal2 to use IPv4 addresses only. (Option valid only for
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EXAMPLES

75       gfal-rm
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79              -r srm://endpoint.cern.ch/path/directory
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FILES

83       /etc/gfal2.d/*
84              All configuration files in this directory affect the behavior of
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AUTHORS

89       Duarte Meneses <duarte.meneses@cern.ch>
90       Adrien Devresse <adrien.devresse@cern.ch>
91       Alejandro Alvarez Ayllon <alejandro.alvarez.ayllon@cern.ch>
92       Andrea Manzi <andrea.manzi@cern.ch>
93       Mihai Patrascoiu <mihai.patrascoiu@cern.ch>
94       Joao Lopes <joao.pedro.batista.lopes@cern.ch>
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