======eXist Command: del======
Deletes resources on an eXist server

====Synopsis====
del [exist options] resource [resource ...]

====Description====
Deletes resources residing on an eXist server
Resources are specified by the relative or absolute path. If a collection is specified then the collection and all its child resources are deleted.

====Exist Options====
The del command accepts all [[ExistCommonOptions eXist Common Options]]


====Example====
Assuming the prefix "e" is imported as the exist module, delete the test.xml document

%%
e:del test.xml
%%

To delete a collection and all its children use the collection name as the argument


Deletes the collection "/db/test"

%%
e:del /db/test
%%


====Implementation====

del is implemented using the REST protocol using the DELETE method

See [[http://exist.sourceforge.net/devguide_rest.html]]



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[[ModuleExist eXist Extension Module]]