NAME

       dpns-rm - remove DPNS files or directories in the name server

SYNOPSIS

       dpns-rm [-a] [-f] [-i] filename...

       dpns-rm [-f] [-i] -r dirname...

DESCRIPTION

       dpns-rm  removes  DPNS  files or directories in the name server.  For directories either -r or -R must be
       present.  For regular files, it calls dpns_unlink while for directories, it calls dpns_rmdir.

       This requires write permission in the parent directory and the file itself.  If write  permission  on  an
       entry  is  denied,  the standard input is a terminal and the -f option is not given, the prompt "override
       write protection" appears and if the response is not y, the entry is not deleted.  Entries directly under
       a protected directory are never deleted.

       path   specifies the DPNS pathname.  If path does not start with /, it is prefixed by the content of  the
              DPNS_HOME environment variable.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -a     Remove  the metadata information about a file and the metadata information about the replicas that
              it may have.  Remember that this is a metadata-only operation, it does  not  remove  the  replicas
              physically  from the disk.  Removing metadata entries about replicas without removing the replicas
              from the disks leads to non-reachable files on disk.  Applies only to files, not directories.

       -f     Do not give an error message if the file/directory does not exist.

       -i     Request acknowledge before removing each individual entry.

       -R     Recursive mode (equivalent to -r).

       -r     Recursive mode.

EXIT STATUS

       This program returns 0 if the operation was successful or >0 if the operation failed.

SEE ALSO

       Castor_limits(4), dpns_rmdir(3), dpns_unlink(3)

AUTHOR

       LCG Grid Deployment Team

DPNS                                      $Date: 2011/11/04 11:57:00 $                                DPNS-RM(1)