---
name: "gfrm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gfarm-client"
version: "2.7.20+dfsg-1.2+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gfrm"
---

# gfrm(1)

remove Gfarm files, directories, or file replicas

## NAME

gfrm - remove Gfarm files, directories, or file replicas

## SYNOPSIS

**gfrm** \[-frn\] \[-h *filesystem-node*\] \[-D *domain-name*\] *gfarm-URL*...

## DESCRIPTION

**gfrm** removes each specified file. It does not remove directories unless the **-r** option is specified.

With the **-h** or **-D** option, **gfrm** removes file replicas on the specified filesystem node(s). A file replica cannot be removed when the number of replicas is less than gfarm.ncopy or gfarm.replicainfo extended attribute.

## OPTIONS

- **-f**

  Ignores no such file or directory error.

- **-n**

  Prints file names to be deleted, but does not delete them.

- **-r**

  Removes all entries under the directories specified by the command-line argument recursively.

- **-h** *filesystem-node*

  Specifies a filesystem node from which file replicas will be removed.

- **-D** *domain-name*

  Specifies a domain name of filesystem nodes on which file replicas will be removed.

- **-?**

  Displays a list of command options.

## SEE ALSO

[**gfncopy**(1)](/gfncopy/1.md), **gfarm\_attr**(5)