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ptrmdir

SUT rmdir

Description

ptrmdir removes directories on specified hosts.

Command Line Arguments

ptrmdir [-m <machine_file>|-M <machine_list>] [-p] <dir1> [<dir2> <dir3>...]

-m <machine_file>
Specify a file with a list of destination machines. It is incorrect to use this with the -M option. This option must preceed all others.

-M <machine_list>
Specify a list of destination machines. The entire list must be surrounded by quotes. It is incorrect to use this with the -m option. This option must preceed all others.
-p
remove any parent directories if they exist and are empty after removing the child directory
<dir1> [<dir2> <dir3>...]
the list of directories to remove

Environment Variables

PT_MACHINE_FILE
If PT_MACHINE_FILE is set, the command will attempt to open the file whose name is stored in PT_MACHINE_FILE. This will be used if neither the -m or -M options are given.

Examples

To remove the directory "mydir" on the machines specified in the file "destination_machines" use

ptrmdir -m destination_machines mydir

To remove the same directory, specifying the machines on the command line, use

ptrmdir -M "host1 host2 host3" mydir

To remove the directory "mydir/mysubdir", also removing mydir if it is empty after removing mysubdir, use

ptrmdir -m destination_machines -p mydir/mysubdir

See Also

rmdir(1), SUT(1)







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