Manual:deleteArchivedFiles.php
| MediaWiki version: | ≥ 1.11 |
| MediaWiki file: deleteArchivedFiles.php | |
|---|---|
| Location: | maintenance/ |
| Source code: | master • 1.44.2 • 1.43.5 • 1.39.15 |
| Classes: | DeleteArchivedFiles |
Details
[edit]deleteArchivedFiles.php file is a maintenance script to delete all archived files. Information about these files is stored in the filearchive table. This script allows to delete the actual files from the filesystem - if used without --force, it does however keep the entries in the aforementioned table.
Options/Arguments
[edit]| Option | Description | Required? |
|---|---|---|
| --delete | Does the deletion. | Optional |
| --force | Force deletion of rows from filearchive table. |
Optional |
Usage
[edit]php maintenance/run.php deleteArchivedFiles [ --delete| --force ]
Terminal
$ php maintenance/run.php deleteArchivedFiles --delete Searching for and deleting archived files... Done! [2 file(s)]
In MediaWiki version 1.39.15 and earlier, you must invoke maintenance scripts using
php maintenance/scriptName.php instead of php maintenance/run.php scriptName.See also
[edit]- Manual:DeleteArchivedFiles.inc
- Manual:EraseArchivedFile.php - if you do not want to delete all, but only selected, archived files.