The Delete internal command can be used to:
Command Arguments:
Argument |
Type |
Possible values |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
ALL |
/S |
(no value) |
Delete all files and folders without prompting. This can be used to
override the Ask for confirmation for each file before
deleting and Ask for confirmation for each folder before
deleting options on the File Operations / Delete
Files page in
Preferences. |
EMPTYRECYCLE |
/O |
(no value) |
Empty the system recycle bin. You can combine with the
FORCE argument to suppress the confirmation prompt, and
the QUIET argument to suppress the progress
dialog. |
|
|
<drive letter> |
Empty the recycle bin for a specific
drive. |
FILE |
/M |
<filename> ... |
Specifies the name of the file or files to delete. If you don't provide
this argument the command will delete all selected items in the source
Lister. This is the default argument for the Delete
command - you don't need to specify the FILE
keyword. |
FILTER |
/O |
(no value) |
Delete with filtering enabled (without having to activate the delete filter in
the Lister first). Opus will prompt you to define the
filter. |
|
|
<filter> |
Delete using the specified filter. This must have previously been
created from the File
Operations / Filters page in Preferences. You can also
directly specify a simple wildcard
pattern |
|
|
shift |
Delete with filtering enabled if the Shift key is
held down. Opus will prompt you to define the
filter. |
|
|
alt |
Delete with filtering enabled if the Alt key is held down.
|
|
|
ctrl |
Delete with filtering enabled if the Ctrl key is
held down. |
FORCE |
/S |
(no value) |
Force the deletion of any files that are marked as read-only (have the
R attribute set). This overrides the Delete
read-only files automatically (without asking) option on the File Operations /
Delete Files page in
Preferences. |
NOFROMFOCUS |
/S |
(no value) |
The default behaviour for the Delete command is to
operate on either the source file display, or the Folder Tree, depending
on which one has the input focus. This lets you use the same command to
delete folders in the tree as well as items in the file display. Specify
this argument to force the command to always operate on the source file
display and ignore the folder
tree. |
NORECYCLE |
/S |
(no value) |
Prevent the use of the recycle bin - files will be permanently deleted.
This overrides the Delete to Recycle Bin where possible
option on the File Operations / Delete
Files page in
Preferences. |
QUIET |
/S |
(no value) |
Prevent the display of any confirmation dialogs or error
messages. |
RECYCLE |
/S |
(no value) |
Delete files by moving them to the recycle bin (if possible - not all
drives support the recycle bin). Deletes to the recycle bin are not
permanent - the files can be recovered until the bin is emptied. This
overrides the Delete to Recycle Bin where possible option
on the File
Operations / Delete Files page in
Preferences. |
REMOVECOLLECTION |
/O |
(no value) |
Remove selected files and folders from the file collection. If used
outside of a file collection this command will do
nothing. |
|
|
auto |
When used on files and folders in a file collection, the items will be
removed from the collection. When used outside of a file collection, the
items will be deleted as
normal. |
SECURE |
/O |
(no value) |
Perform a secure delete using the number of passes specified on the File Operations /
Delete Files page in
Preferences. |
|
|
<passes> |
Perform a secure delete using the specified number of passes (from 1 to
32 depending on your level of paranoia :)
|
SHIFT |
/S |
(no value) |
Modifies the behaviour of the Delete command if the Shift key is held down.
In either case, if the Shift key is not held down, the
SHIFT argument has no effect on the normal operation of
the command. This argument is used to emulate the behaviour of
Explorer. |