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Command line utility APIs
- Account configuration
- Get Server address
- Validate Account
- Upload
- Download
- Timeline download
- Search
- Version details
- Properties
- Status
- Create directory
- Copy and paste
- Delete
- Trash
- Rename
- Listing
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- Display Quota
- Regulate bandwidth usage
- Pause / Resume upload operation
- Know the size of a particular folder / drive / volume
- Verify upload / download rate of transfer
Developer Resources
Delete
Remove file(s) / folder(s) easily from your IDrive account using Delete API. This API helps you to clear storage space by deleting unwanted file(s) / folder(s). While deleting a particular file, all its previous versions will be deleted from the IDrive account.Syntax:
idevsutil --xml-output --password-file=<account password> --delete-items --pvt-key=<key file path> --files-from=< path of filelist file > <username>@<server address>::ibackup/
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--pvt-key=PATH_OF_PVT_KEY_FILE
Reads private encryption key for AES 256-bit encryption for all data transfers. Private encryption key length can vary from minimum of 4 characters to maximum of 255 characters. If you opt for the default encryption key during your IDrive account sign up then the use of the private encryption key is not required. - --password-file=PATH_OF_PSWD_FILE
Reads account password from the specified file. Alternately, you can directly set the password using --password-file=<account password> - --files-from=PATH_OF_FILE_LIST_FILE
Reads list of files folders that you wish to delete from your IDrive account. - Username
IDrive username. If you do not have a valid username Sign up with IDrive. - Server address
Use GetServerAddress API to retrieve the IDrive server address.
Code:
idevsutil --xml-output --password-file="MyPassword" --delete-items --pvt-key=enc_key --files-from=filelist john@<server address>::ibackup/
- Code / Output management
- This section explains about the sample code execution and the output, generated during delete.
To delete all the file(s) / folder(s) inside “/C/Images/” folder on your IDrive account.
filelist file content:
/C/Images/
Code:idevsutil --xml-output --password-file="MyPassword" --delete-items --pvt-key=enc_key --files-from=filelist john@<server address>::ibackup/The above-mentioned code can be executed using any programming language across any platform (Windows, Mac and Linux).
Output:Sample XML output:<item op="deleted" fname="/C/Images/Image1.txt"/>
<item op="deleted" fname="/C/Images"/>
<item tot_items_deleted="2"/>
<item op_end="End of operation"/>
Description:The following details are displayed during a delete operation:- op
Delete operation executed - fname
Name of the file(s) / folder(s) deleted. - tot_items_deleted
Total items deleted - op_end
Specifies the end of operation
You can make use of I / O redirection methods for redirecting IDrive EVS command line utility (idevsutil) output.
Refer code repository for more details on usage / implementation. - op