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The mc rm command lacks an explanation for the --purge parameter. #5063

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cobolbaby opened this issue Oct 17, 2024 · 1 comment
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The mc rm command lacks an explanation for the --purge parameter. #5063

cobolbaby opened this issue Oct 17, 2024 · 1 comment
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cobolbaby commented Oct 17, 2024 •
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I found that mc rm --force occasionally fails to delete some empty directories; only by adding --purge can they be removed. However, there is no related explanation in mc rm --help.

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mc version RELEASE.2024-10-08T09-37-26Z (commit-id=cf128de2cf42e763e7bd30c6df8b749fa94e0c10)
Runtime: go1.22.8 linux/amd64
Copyright (c) 2015-2024 MinIO, Inc.
License GNU AGPLv3 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html>

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