command lines - archival description

[Aggi Sochanska]

Hello everyone, we are looking into cleansing our server and removing digital objects, descriptions etc. essentially everything we were testing except the settings we have set up. I can see the command lines for deleting descriptions and objects, is there one to remove other elements, namely Authority Records and Archival Institutions? Thanks!

[Dan Gillean]

Hi there, 

There is a command that will purge ALL data, and reset your site to the defaults found at first installation. This would include any settings, static pages, menu changes, etc. so be certain this is what you want! See: 

• https://www.accesstomemory.org/docs/latest/admin-manual/maintenance/cli-tools/#purging-all-data

Otherwise, there is unfortunately not a command for each of the main entity types to delete their data - just descriptions. You could possibly do it via SQL, but you will definitely want to make backups first and proceed with caution if doing so! 

Cheers, 

Dan Gillean, MAS, MLIS

Business & User Experience Analyst
Artefactual Systems, Inc.
604-527-2056

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Hello everyone, we are looking into cleansing our server and removing digital objects, descriptions etc. essentially everything we were testing except the settings we have set up. I can see the command lines for deleting descriptions and objects, is there one to remove other elements, namely Authority Records and Archival Institutions? Thanks!

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[Aggi Sochanska]

Hi Dan! Yeah - purge is the last thing we want to do. Thank you for the information though!