cockroach userfile delete

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The cockroach userfile delete command deletes the files stored in the user-scoped file storage which match the provided pattern, using a SQL connection. If the pattern '*' is passed, all files in the specified (or default, if unspecified) user-scoped file storage will be deleted. Deletions are not atomic, and all deletions prior to the first failure will occur.

Required privileges

The user must have the CREATE privilege on the target database. CockroachDB will proactively grant the user GRANT, SELECT, INSERT, DROP, DELETE on the metadata and file tables.

A user can only delete files from their own user-scoped storage, which is accessed through the userfile URI used during the upload. CockroachDB will revoke all access from every other user in the cluster except users in the admin role. Users in the admin role can delete from any user's storage.

Synopsis

Delete a file:

$ cockroach userfile delete <file | dir> [flags]

View help:

$ cockroach userfile delete --help

Flags

Examples

Delete all files in the default storage

To delete all files in the directory, pass the '*' pattern:

$ cockroach userfile delete '*' --certs-dir=certs

deleted userfile://defaultdb.public.userfiles_root/test-data-2.csv
deleted userfile://defaultdb.public.userfiles_root/test-data.csv
deleted userfile://defaultdb.public.userfiles_root/test-upload/test-data.csv

Note that because a fully qualified userfile URI was not specified, files in the default user-scoped storage (userfile://defaultdb.public.userfiles_$user/) were deleted.

Delete a specific file

To delete a specific file, include the file destination in the command:

$ cockroach userfile delete test-data.csv --certs-dir=certs

deleted userfile://defaultdb.public.userfiles_root/test-data.csv

Delete files that match the provided pattern

To delete all files that match a pattern, use *:

$ cockroach userfile delete '*.csv' --certs-dir=certs

deleted userfile://defaultdb.public.userfiles_root/test-data-2.csv
deleted userfile://defaultdb.public.userfiles_root/test-data.csv

Delete files from a non-default userfile URI

If you uploaded a file to a non-default userfile URI (e.g., userfile://testdb.public.uploads):

cockroach userfile upload /Users/maxroach/Desktop/test-data.csv userfile://testdb.public.uploads/test-data.csv

Use the same URI to delete it:

cockroach userfile delete userfile://testdb.public.uploads

See also

• cockroach userfile upload
• cockroach userfile list
• cockroach userfile get
• Use userfile for Bulk Operations
• Other Cockroach Commands
• IMPORT
• IMPORT INTO

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