reset recycle-bin

Function

The reset recycle-bin command permanently deletes files from the recycle bin.

Format

reset recycle-bin [ filename | devicename ]

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Value
filename	Specifies the name of a file to be deleted.	The value is a string of 1 to 160 case-insensitive characters without spaces in the format [ drive ] [ path ] filename. If the string is enclosed in double quotation marks (" "), the string can contain spaces. If the value is a file name, the value is a string of 1 to 64 characters. In the preceding parameter, drive specifies the storage device name, and path specifies the directory and subdirectory. You are advised to add : and / between the storage device name and directory. The directory name cannot contain the following characters: ~ * / \ : ' " The wildcard (*) character is supported.
devicename	Specifies the storage device name.	-

Parameter

Description

Value

filename

Specifies the name of a file to be deleted.

The value is a string of 1 to 160 case-insensitive characters without spaces in the format [ drive ] [ path ] filename. If the string is enclosed in double quotation marks (" "), the string can contain spaces. If the value is a file name, the value is a string of 1 to 64 characters.

In the preceding parameter, drive specifies the storage device name, and path specifies the directory and subdirectory.

You are advised to add : and / between the storage device name and directory. The directory name cannot contain the following characters: ~ * / \ : ' "

The wildcard (*) character is supported.

devicename

Specifies the storage device name.

Views

User view

Default Level

3: Management level

Usage Guidelines

Usage Scenario

If you run the delete command without specifying the /unreserved parameter, the file is moved to the recycle bin and still occupies the memory. To free up the space, you can run the reset recycle-bin command to permanently delete the file from the recycle bin.

The following describes the drive name.

drive is the storage device and is named as flash:.
If devices are stacked, drive can be named as:
- flash: root directory of the flash memory of the master switch in the stack.
- chassis ID#flash: root directory of the flash memory on a device in the stack.
For example, slot2#flash: indicates the flash memory in slot 2.

The path can be an absolute path or relative path. A relative path can be designated relative to either the root directory or the current working directory. A relative path beginning with a slash (/) is a path relative to the root directory.

flash:/my/test/ is an absolute path.
/selftest/ is a path relative to the root directory and indicates the selftest directory in the root directory.
selftest/ is a path relative to the current working directory and indicates the selftest directory in the current working directory.

Like devicename, drive specifies the storage device name.

Precautions

You can run the dir /all command to display all files that are moved to the recycle bin from the current directory, and file names are displayed in square brackets ([ ]).
If you delete a specified storage device, all files in the root directory of the storage device are deleted.
If you run the reset recycle-bin command directly, all files that are moved to the recycle bin from the current directory are permanently deleted.

Example

# Delete the file test.txt that is moved to the recycle bin from the directory test.

<HUAWEI> reset recycle-bin flash:/test/test.txt
Squeeze flash:/test/test.txt?[Y/N]:y
%Cleared file flash:/test/test.txt.

# Delete files that are moved to the recycle bin from the current directory.

<HUAWEI> pwd
flash:/test 
<HUAWEI> reset recycle-bin
Squeeze flash:/test/backup.zip?[Y/N]:y
%Cleared file flash:/test/backup.zip.
Squeeze flash:/test/backup1.zip?[Y/N]:y
%Cleared file flash:/test/backup1.zip.