Chapter 12: Using jagtool and jagant

delete

Deletes an entity from the repository.

Local mode support: Yes.

Command line:

delete [ connect-args | local-args ] [-type type] entity

Ant build file:

<jag_delete [ type=”type” ] entity=”entity” />

Option	Description	Required
connect-args \| local-args	Arguments to specify a connection to the server or to run in local mode. See “Local versus connected mode”.	Yes
type	Specify `simple` for simple deletion (properties files only) or `full` to delete all files that were created when the entity was deployed. The default is `simple`. For more information, see “Deleting packages, Web applications, and applications”.
entity	The identifier for the entity being deleted.	Yes

Return value	Indicates
0	The command ran successfully; the result is true/success.
1	The command ran successfully; the result is false/failure.
2	The command did not run successfully; an exception was thrown.

This example deletes Package:SVU from the repository.

When a package is deleted, it is also removed from any servers on which it is installed.

This example deletes the SVULogin component from Package:SVU.

Ant build file:

<jag_delete entity="Component:SVU/SVULogin" />