HP Software File Migration Agent Installation and Administration Guide (September 2009)

Command Line Interface Reference | 89
erase
Deletes FMA metadata from a file.
Syntax
FMACLI era[se]
[--help | -h]
[{--logfile | -L} logfile]
[--log-info-messages | -V]]
[--verbose | -v]
[file] | [{--filelist] | -f} filelist]
[{--recursive | -r} path]
[--oem-file-format | --unicode-file-format |
--ansi-file-format | --utf8-file-format]
[{--minimum-file-size | -S} nb|k|m|g]
[{--minimum-access-time | -A} nd|h|m|s]
[{--minimum-write-time | -W} nd|h|m|s]
[--exclude-system]
[--exclude-hidden]
[--exclude-read-only]
[--exclude-archive]
[--exclude-compressed]
[--ignore-files ignorefile]
[[--primary-metadata | -Mp] |
[--secondary-metadata | -Ma] |
[--all-metadata | -Mb]]
[--force ]
[-F outlist]
Description
The erase command deletes FMA metadata from a file system.
Note erase deletes metadata without confirmation. Before erasing the file metadata, recall the file to
avoid data loss. Metadata from offline files are erased unless the --force option is used.
Excluded files are excluded from statistical summaries.