Element: <remove>
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Element: <remove>

Syntax 

<!ELEMENT remove         (#PCDATA)>

This element occurs in : Element : <alfs> | Element: <stage>

Description

The element remove is one of the top-level operation elements. It allows you to remove a file or directory. The content of the element contains the name of the file.

[Note] Note

Not all of the rm options are in every implementation. Refer to the documentation for your implementation to determine what options are available.

Examples 

<remove>/usr/src/mypackage</remove>

The equivalent bash script is : 

echo Removing /usr/src/mypackage
rm -rf /usr/src/mypackage
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