CLT for WORKAREA directory deletion

skip11

Hi all,

TS 5.5.2 sp4 sol 8

Is there a command line tool in TS to remove a directory under a WORKAREA ?
I've scanned the CLTS for such a command and do not see anything. I know
rm -rf is a command line, but I don't want to use it.

thanks,

RB
CSG
Zurich

Adam Stoller

rm -rf is the command you would use to remove a directory in a workarea from the filesystem - but you would then need to submit the deletion in order for it to get recorded in the staging area. I believe that if you just provide iwsubmit with the workarea vpath it should work, though you might have to use 'overwrite' mode.

Alternatively, if you capture the complete contents of the directory in a file, reverse-sort it, and intersperse the lines with comments, you can use iwsubmit with overwrite with a filelist to ensure you are only submitting the files you deleted and nothing else in the workarea.

The format is a file like this:
------------
/default/main/.../WORKAREA/waname/directory/file1
deleting because I want to
/default/main/.../WORKAREA/waname/directory/file2
deleting because I want to
...
-------------

The reason I suggest reverse-sorting is because you want to make sure that the directories are listed *after* the files within the directories, otherwise TeamSite might become confused when trying to submit a file deletion for which the deleted directory has already been submitted.

--fish
Senior Consultant, Quotient Inc.
http://www.quotient-inc.com