05-01-2003
The directory has to be empty to use the rmdir command.. you can use
rm yourdir/*; rmdir yourdir
Or you can use
rm -r yourdir, but be careful. This is recursive, so all the files in yourdir will be deleted, then yourdir will be deleted, and if the directory yourdir was in is now empty, that will get deleted too. Read the
rm man page for more info.
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asadmin-delete-domain
asadmin-delete-domain(1AS) User Commands asadmin-delete-domain(1AS)
NAME
asadmin-delete-domain, delete-domain - deletes the givendomain
SYNOPSIS
delete-domain [--terse=false] [--echo=false] [--domaindir install_dir/domains] domain_name
delete-domain deletes the specified domain. The domain must already exist and must be stopped. This command is supported in local mode
only.
OPTIONS
--domaindir directory where the domain is to be deleted. If specified, path must be accessible in the filesystem. If not speci-
fied, the domain in the default install_dir/domains directory is deleted.
--terse indicates that any output data must be very concise, typically avoiding human-friendly sentences and favoring well-
formatted data for consumption by a script. Default is false.
--echo setting to true will echo the command line statement on the standard output. Default is false.
OPERANDS
domain_name name of the domain. Must be a unique name.
Example 1: Using delete-domain
asadmin> delete-domain sampleDomain
deleted domain sampleDomain successfully
Where: the sampleDomain domain is deleted.
EXIT STATUS
0 command executed successfully
1 error in executing the command
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