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2 <refentry id="backup_deldump8">
4 <refentrytitle>backup deldump</refentrytitle>
5 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
8 <refname>backup deldump</refname>
9 <refpurpose>Deletes a dump level from the Backup Database</refpurpose>
12 <title>Synopsis</title>
13 <para><emphasis role="bold">backup deldump</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">-dump</emphasis> <<emphasis>dump level name</emphasis>> [<emphasis role="bold">-localauth</emphasis>]
14 [<emphasis role="bold">-cell</emphasis> <<emphasis>cell name</emphasis>>] [<emphasis role="bold">-help</emphasis>]</para>
16 <para><emphasis role="bold">backup deld</emphasis> <emphasis role="bold">-d</emphasis> <<emphasis>dump level name</emphasis>> [<emphasis role="bold">-l</emphasis>] [<emphasis role="bold">-c</emphasis> <<emphasis>cell name</emphasis>>]
17 [<emphasis role="bold">-h</emphasis>]</para>
21 <title>Description</title>
22 <para>The <emphasis role="bold">backup deldump</emphasis> command deletes the indicated dump level and all of
23 its child dump levels from the dump hierarchy in the Backup Database. Use
24 the <emphasis role="bold">backup listdumps</emphasis> command to display the dump hierarchy.</para>
28 <title>Options</title>
31 <term><emphasis role="bold">-dump</emphasis> <<emphasis>dump level name</emphasis>></term>
33 <para>Specifies the complete pathname of the dump level to delete.</para>
38 <term><emphasis role="bold">-localauth</emphasis></term>
40 <para>Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local
41 <replaceable>/usr/afs/etc/KeyFile</replaceable> file. The <emphasis role="bold">backup</emphasis> command interpreter presents
42 it to the Backup Server, Volume Server and VL Server during mutual
43 authentication. Do not combine this flag with the <emphasis role="bold">-cell</emphasis> argument. For
44 more details, see <link linkend="backup8">backup(8)</link>.</para>
49 <term><emphasis role="bold">-cell</emphasis> <<emphasis>cell name</emphasis>></term>
51 <para>Names the cell in which to run the command. Do not combine this argument
52 with the <emphasis role="bold">-localauth</emphasis> flag. For more details, see <link linkend="backup8">backup(8)</link>.</para>
57 <term><emphasis role="bold">-help</emphasis></term>
59 <para>Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are
67 <title>Examples</title>
68 <para>The following command deletes the dump level <computeroutput>/sunday1/monday1</computeroutput> from the
69 dump hierarchy, along with any of its child dump levels.</para>
72 % backup deldump /sunday1/monday1
77 <title>Privilege Required</title>
78 <para>The issuer must be listed in the <replaceable>/usr/afs/etc/UserList</replaceable> file on every
79 machine where the Backup Server is running, or must be logged onto a
80 server machine as the local superuser <computeroutput>root</computeroutput> if the <emphasis role="bold">-localauth</emphasis> flag is
85 <title>See Also</title>
86 <para><link linkend="backup8">backup(8)</link>,
87 <link linkend="backup_adddump8">backup_adddump(8)</link>,
88 <link linkend="backup_listdumps8">backup_listdumps(8)</link></para>
92 <title>Copyright</title>
93 <para>IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.</para>
95 <para>This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was
96 converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ
97 Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.</para>