Manual:deleteArchivedFiles.php

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.11

MediaWiki file: deleteArchivedFiles.php
Location:	maintenance/
Source code:	master • 1.44.0 • 1.43.3 • 1.39.13
Classes:	DeleteArchivedFiles

Details

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

Option	Description	Required?
--delete	Does the deletion.	Optional
--force	Force deletion of rows from filearchive table.	Optional

Usage

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 1.39.13 and earlier, you must invoke maintenance scripts using php maintenance/scriptName.php instead of php maintenance/run.php scriptName.

See also

• Manual:DeleteArchivedFiles.inc
• Manual:EraseArchivedFile.php - if you do not want to delete all, but only selected, archived files.