// Package delete provides the delete command. package delete import ( "context" "strings" "github.com/rclone/rclone/cmd" "github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/config/flags" "github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/operations" "github.com/spf13/cobra" ) var ( rmdirs = false ) func init() { cmd.Root.AddCommand(commandDefinition) cmdFlags := commandDefinition.Flags() flags.BoolVarP(cmdFlags, &rmdirs, "rmdirs", "", rmdirs, "rmdirs removes empty directories but leaves root intact") } var commandDefinition = &cobra.Command{ Use: "delete remote:path", Short: `Remove the files in path.`, // Warning! "|" will be replaced by backticks below Long: strings.ReplaceAll(` Remove the files in path. Unlike [purge](/commands/rclone_purge/) it obeys include/exclude filters so can be used to selectively delete files. |rclone delete| only deletes files but leaves the directory structure alone. If you want to delete a directory and all of its contents use the [purge](/commands/rclone_purge/) command. If you supply the |--rmdirs| flag, it will remove all empty directories along with it. You can also use the separate command [rmdir](/commands/rclone_rmdir/) or [rmdirs](/commands/rclone_rmdirs/) to delete empty directories only. For example, to delete all files bigger than 100 MiB, you may first want to check what would be deleted (use either): rclone --min-size 100M lsl remote:path rclone --dry-run --min-size 100M delete remote:path Then proceed with the actual delete: rclone --min-size 100M delete remote:path That reads "delete everything with a minimum size of 100 MiB", hence delete all files bigger than 100 MiB. **Important**: Since this can cause data loss, test first with the |--dry-run| or the |--interactive|/|-i| flag. `, "|", "`"), Annotations: map[string]string{ "versionIntroduced": "v1.27", }, Run: func(command *cobra.Command, args []string) { cmd.CheckArgs(1, 1, command, args) fsrc := cmd.NewFsSrc(args) cmd.Run(true, false, command, func() error { if err := operations.Delete(context.Background(), fsrc); err != nil { return err } if rmdirs { fdst := cmd.NewFsDir(args) return operations.Rmdirs(context.Background(), fdst, "", true) } return nil }) }, }