delete: clarify that it only deletes files not directories

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Nick Craig-Wood 2018-11-02 17:07:45 +00:00
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@ -14,9 +14,13 @@ var commandDefintion = &cobra.Command{
Use: "delete remote:path", Use: "delete remote:path",
Short: `Remove the contents of path.`, Short: `Remove the contents of path.`,
Long: ` Long: `
Remove the contents of path. Unlike ` + "`" + `purge` + "`" + ` it obeys include/exclude Remove the files in path. Unlike ` + "`" + `purge` + "`" + ` it obeys include/exclude
filters so can be used to selectively delete files. filters so can be used to selectively delete files.
` + "`" + `rclone delete` + "`" + ` only deletes objects but leaves the directory structure
alone. If you want to delete a directory and all of its contents use
` + "`" + `rclone purge` + "`" + `
Eg delete all files bigger than 100MBytes Eg delete all files bigger than 100MBytes
Check what would be deleted first (use either) Check what would be deleted first (use either)