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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

blaze-remove

BLAZE-REMOVE(1) 					    BlazeBlogger Documentation						   BLAZE-REMOVE(1)

NAME

       blaze-remove  - removes a post or page from the BlazeBlogger repository

SYNOPSIS

       blaze-remove [-fipqPV] [-b directory] id...

       blaze-remove -h|-v

DESCRIPTION

       blaze-remove removes a blog post or a page with the specified id from the BlazeBlogger repository.

OPTIONS

       -b directory, --blogdir directory
	   Allows you to specify a directory in which the BlazeBlogger repository is placed. The default option is a current working directory.

       -p, --page, --pages
	   Tells blaze-remove to remove a page or pages.

       -P, --post, --posts
	   Tells blaze-remove to remove a blog post or blog posts. This is the default option.

       -f, --force
	   Disables requiring manual confirmation of each blog post or page removal.  This is the default option.

       -i, --interactive
	   Enables requiring manual confirmation of each blog post or page removal.

       -q, --quiet
	   Disables displaying of unnecessary messages.

       -V, --verbose
	   Enables displaying of all messages. This is the default option.

       -h, --help
	   Displays usage information and exits.

       -v, --version
	   Displays version information and exits.

EXAMPLE USAGE

       Remove a blog post:

	 ~]$ blaze-remove 10
	 Successfully removed the post with ID 10.

       Remove a page:

	 ~]$ blaze-remove -p 4
	 Successfully removed the page with ID 4.

       Remove multiple blog posts:

	 ~]$ blaze-remove 10 4 6
	 Successfully removed the post with ID 10, 4 and 6.

       Remove multiple blog posts safely:

	 ~]$ blaze-remove -i 10 4 6
	 Remove the post with ID 10 titled `Debian and Fedora Packages'? y
	 Remove the post with ID 4 titled `BlazeBlogger 0.8.0 RC2'? y
	 Remove the post with ID 6 titled `BlazeBlogger 0.8.1'? y
	 Successfully removed the post with ID 10, 4 and 6.

SEE ALSO

       blaze-config(1), blaze-add(1), blaze-list(1)

BUGS

       To report a bug or to send a patch, please, add a new issue to the bug tracker at <http://code.google.com/p/blazeblogger/issues/>, or visit
       the discussion group at <http://groups.google.com/group/blazeblogger/>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Jaromir Hradilek

       This program is free software; see the source for copying conditions. It is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
       WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Version 1.2.0							    2012-03-05							   BLAZE-REMOVE(1)

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