Rm is a very simple command with no switches. It
will refuse to delete a directory. The syntax is
rm <full path name>
In general, deleting files from Unix or NT is preferable.
Alan
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Alan G. Yoder agy(a)netapp.com
Network Appliance, Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA 408-822-6919
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: neil lehrer [mailto:nlehrer@ibb.gov]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 4:01 PM
> To: Chris Thompson
> Cc: Jeffrey Krueger; Adam.Fox(a)netapp.com; meital.israel(a)intel.com;
> toasters(a)mathworks.com
> Subject: Re: Deleting data on NetApp.
>
>
> i'd like to know the detailed syntax for this. any nice
> netapp folks just jump
> in.
>
> Chris Thompson wrote:
> >
> > jkrueger(a)qualcomm.com (Jeffrey Krueger) writes
> > >
> > > I just wish I could delete files on a NetApp from the
> console. It takes
> > > forever and a day to remove a hundred or more GB off a
> filer from either
> > > CIFS or NFS.
> >
> > Surely it's the number of files, not their size, that matters?
> >
> > > An "rm" in the ONTAP CLI would be super handy.
> >
> > toaster> priv set advanced
> > Warning: These advanced commands are potentially dangerous; use
> > them only when directed to do so by Network Appliance
> > personnel.
> > toaster*> help rm
> > rm - remove files
> >
> > Not that I've tried it, with that sort of health warning!
> >
> > > It could
> work *much* faster
> > > then over the wire.
> >
> > The amount of over-the-wire traffic needed to delete
> zillions of files
> > using NFS isn't really all that large. The delays you see are more
> > likely to be the effect of sub-optimal NFS client implementations.
> > For example, I remember large "rm -r"s to a filer becoming *much*
> > faster after a patch to the NFS client code in Solaris 2.6.
> >
> > Chris Thompson University of Cambridge
> Computing Service,
> > Email: cet1(a)ucs.cam.ac.uk New Museums Site, Cambridge CB2 3QG,
> > Phone: +44 1223 334715 United Kingdom.
>
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