The s3qlrm command

Synopsis

s3qlrm [options] <directory>

Description

The s3qlrm command recursively deletes files and directories on an S3QL file system. Although s3qlrm is faster than using e.g. rm -r, the main reason for its existence is that it allows you to delete immutable trees (which can be created with s3qllock) as well.

Be warned that there is no additional confirmation. The directory will be removed entirely and immediately.

s3qlrm can only be called by the user that mounted the file system and (if the file system was mounted with --allow-other or --allow-root) the root user.

Options

The s3qlrm command accepts the following options:

--log <target>

Destination for log messages. Specify ‘none’ for standard output or ‘syslog’ for the system logging daemon. Anything else is interpreted as a file name. Log files are rotated when they reach 1 MiB, keeping at most 5 old files.

--debug

Activate debugging output from all S3QL modules. Debug messages are written to the destination given by –log.

--debug-modules <module>

Activate debugging output from the named module. May be given multiple times; use ‘all’ for everything. Debug messages are written to the destination given by –log.

--quiet

be really quiet

--install-completion

Install completion for the current shell.

--show-completion

Show completion for the current shell, to copy it or customize the installation.

--help

Show this message and exit.

Exit Codes

s3qlrm may terminate with the following exit codes:

0:

Everything went well.

1:

An unexpected error occurred. This may indicate a bug in the program.

2:

Invalid command line argument or configuration file key.

See Also

The S3QL homepage is at https://github.com/s3ql/s3ql/.

The full S3QL documentation should also be installed somewhere on your system, common locations are /usr/share/doc/s3ql or /usr/local/doc/s3ql.