package delete import ( "context" "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 contents of path.`, Long: ` Remove the files in path. Unlike ` + "`" + `purge` + "`" + ` it obeys include/exclude 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` + "`" + ` If you supply the --rmdirs flag, it will remove all empty directories along with it. Eg delete all files bigger than 100MBytes Check what would be deleted first (use either) rclone --min-size 100M lsl remote:path rclone --dry-run --min-size 100M delete remote:path Then delete rclone --min-size 100M delete remote:path That reads "delete everything with a minimum size of 100 MB", hence delete all files bigger than 100MBytes. `, 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 }) }, }