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<h2 id="azuredelete">AzureDelete</h2>
<p>Delete containers, files, or folders from your Azure storage account</p>
<p>Choose either the <a href="#azuredelete-container"><code>container</code></a>, <a href="#azuredelete-file"><code>file</code></a>, or <a href="#azuredelete-folder"><code>folder</code></a> functionality</p>
<h4 id="general-usage">General usage</h4>
<pre><code>usage: AzureDelete [-h] {container,file,folder} ...
Move and/or delete containers, files, or folders in Azure storage
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
Available functionality:
{container,file,folder}
container Delete a container in Azure storage
file Delete a file in Azure storage
folder Delete a folder in Azure storage
</code></pre>
<h3 id="azuredelete-container">AzureDelete container</h3>
<p>Delete a container from your Azure storage account</p>
<h4 id="required-arguments">Required arguments:</h4>
<ul>
<li>container name</li>
<li>account name</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="optional-arguments">Optional arguments:</h4>
<ul>
<li>passphrase used to store your connection string in the system keyring (default is AzureStorage)</li>
<li>verbosity: set the logging level. Options are debug,info,warning,error,critical. Default is info</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="example-command">Example command:</h4>
<p>These commands will use <code>container-name</code> as the name of the container and <code>account_name</code> as the name of the storage account</p>
<p>To delete a container from your Azure storage account</p>
<p><code>AzureDelete container -a account_name -c container-name</code></p>
<h4 id="usage">Usage</h4>
<pre><code>usage: AzureDelete container [-h] -c CONTAINER_NAME -a ACCOUNT_NAME [-p PASSPHRASE] [-v VERBOSITY]
Delete a container in Azure storage
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-c CONTAINER_NAME, --container_name CONTAINER_NAME
Name of the Azure storage container. Note that container names must be lowercase, between 3 and 63 characters, start with a letter or number, and can contain only letters, numbers, and the dash (-) character. Consecutive dashes are not permitted.
-a ACCOUNT_NAME, --account_name ACCOUNT_NAME
Name of the Azure storage account
-p PASSPHRASE, --passphrase PASSPHRASE
The passphrase to use when encrypting the azure storage-specific connection string to the system keyring. Default is "AzureStorage".
-v VERBOSITY, --verbosity VERBOSITY
Set the logging level. Options are debug, info, warning, error, and critical. Default is info.
</code></pre>
<h3 id="azuredelete-file">AzureDelete file</h3>
<p>Delete a file from your Azure storage account</p>
<h4 id="required-arguments_1">Required arguments:</h4>
<ul>
<li>container name</li>
<li>account name</li>
<li>file name</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="optional-arguments_1">Optional arguments:</h4>
<ul>
<li>retention time: time to retain deleted files. Default is 8 days</li>
<li>passphrase used to store your connection string in the system keyring (default is AzureStorage)</li>
<li>verbosity: set the logging level. Options are debug,info,warning,error,critical. Default is info</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="example-commands">Example commands:</h4>
<p>These commands will use <code>container-name</code> as the name of the container and <code>account_name</code> as the name of the storage account</p>
<p>To delete the file <code>file_name.gz</code> from your Azure storage account</p>
<p><code>AzureDelete file -a account_name -c container-name -f file_name.gz</code></p>
<p>To delete the file <code>file_name.gz</code> nested in folder outputs from your Azure storage account, and retain it for 10 days</p>
<p><code>AzureDelete file -a account_name -c container-name -f outputs/file_name.gz -r 10</code></p>
<h4 id="usage_1">Usage</h4>
<pre><code>usage: AzureDelete file [-h] -c CONTAINER_NAME -a ACCOUNT_NAME [-p PASSPHRASE] [-v VERBOSITY] -f FILE [-r RETENTION_TIME]
Delete a file in Azure storage
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-c CONTAINER_NAME, --container_name CONTAINER_NAME
Name of the Azure storage container. Note that container names must be lowercase, between 3 and 63 characters, start with a letter or number, and can contain only letters, numbers, and the dash (-) character. Consecutive dashes are not permitted.
-a ACCOUNT_NAME, --account_name ACCOUNT_NAME
Name of the Azure storage account
-p PASSPHRASE, --passphrase PASSPHRASE
The passphrase to use when encrypting the azure storage-specific connection string to the system keyring. Default is "AzureStorage".
-v VERBOSITY, --verbosity VERBOSITY
Set the logging level. Options are debug, info, warning, error, and critical. Default is info.
-f FILE, --file FILE Name of blob file to delete in Azure storage. e.g. 2022-SEQ-0001_S1_L001_R1_001.fastq.gz
-r RETENTION_TIME, --retention_time RETENTION_TIME
Retention time for deleted files. Default is 8 days. Must be between 1 and 365
</code></pre>
<h3 id="azuredelete-folder">AzureDelete folder</h3>
<p>Delete a folder from your Azure storage account</p>
<h4 id="required-arguments_2">Required arguments:</h4>
<ul>
<li>container name</li>
<li>account name</li>
<li>folder name</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="optional-arguments_2">Optional arguments:</h4>
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<li>retention time: time to retain deleted files in the folder. Default is 8 days</li>
<li>passphrase used to store your connection string in the system keyring (default is AzureStorage)</li>
<li>verbosity: set the logging level. Options are debug,info,warning,error,critical. Default is info</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="example-commands_1">Example commands:</h4>
<p>These commands will use <code>container-name</code> as the name of the container and <code>account_name</code> as the name of the storage account</p>
<p>To delete the folder <code>folder_name</code> from your Azure storage account</p>
<p><code>AzureDelete folder -a account_name -c container-name -f folder_name</code></p>
<p>To delete the folder <code>folder_name</code> nested in folder outputs from your Azure storage account, and retain it for 10 days</p>
<p><code>AzureDelete folder -a account_name -c container-name -f outputs/folder_name -r 10</code></p>
<h4 id="usage_2">Usage</h4>
<pre><code>usage: AzureDelete folder [-h] -c CONTAINER_NAME -a ACCOUNT_NAME [-p PASSPHRASE] [-v VERBOSITY] -f FOLDER [-r RETENTION_TIME]
Delete a folder in Azure storage
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-c CONTAINER_NAME, --container_name CONTAINER_NAME
Name of the Azure storage container. Note that container names must be lowercase, between 3 and 63 characters, start with a letter or number, and can contain only letters, numbers, and the dash (-) character. Consecutive dashes are not permitted.
-a ACCOUNT_NAME, --account_name ACCOUNT_NAME
Name of the Azure storage account
-p PASSPHRASE, --passphrase PASSPHRASE
The passphrase to use when encrypting the azure storage-specific connection string to the system keyring. Default is "AzureStorage".
-v VERBOSITY, --verbosity VERBOSITY
Set the logging level. Options are debug, info, warning, error, and critical. Default is info.
-f FOLDER, --folder FOLDER
Name of folder to delete in Azure storage. e.g. InterOp
-r RETENTION_TIME, --retention_time RETENTION_TIME
Retention time for deleted files. Default is 8 days
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