Provided by: lfc_1.10.0-2_amd64 
NAME
lfc-rm - remove LFC files or directories in the name server
SYNOPSIS
lfc-rm [-a] [-f] [-i] filename...
lfc-rm [-f] [-i] -r dirname...
DESCRIPTION
lfc-rm removes LFC files or directories in the name server. For directories either -r or -R must be
present. For regular files, it calls lfc_unlink while for directories, it calls lfc_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 LFC pathname. If path does not start with /, it is prefixed by the content of the
LFC_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), lfc_rmdir(3), lfc_unlink(3)
AUTHOR
LCG Grid Deployment Team