======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]] ---- [[ModuleExist eXist Extension Module]]