Community discussions

MikroTik App
 
carlosmp
just joined
Topic Author
Posts: 13
Joined: Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:02 pm

Bulk erase files

Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:52 pm

Hi,

We have a bit of a situation with a 751 running 5.14. Seems that there's no memory left in the unit, and we can't get any files to list so we can delete. Is there a quick script or command we can run to remove anything starting with export or backup? I've tried the filter in winbox, but that won't list any files. The terminal/ssh won't display the list of files either.

TIA,

Carlos.
 
User avatar
skot
Long time Member
Long time Member
Posts: 584
Joined: Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:05 am

Re: Bulk erase files

Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:08 pm

ros code

/file remove [find name~"^export"]
/file remove [find name~"^backup"]
 
carlosmp
just joined
Topic Author
Posts: 13
Joined: Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:02 pm

Re: Bulk erase files

Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:37 pm

Skot - Thanks for the code. However, it seems to be stuck. Been running that for a few minutes, and nothing shows up other than a blinking cursor. I don't know if the unit is locked up because all the file memory is in use. It states 61.4 of 61.4MB used. Should I attempt to reboot the unit?

The message returned after about 10 minutes was:
action timed out - try again, if error continues contact MikroTik support and send
 a supout file (13)

Thanks again,
Carlos.
 
User avatar
skot
Long time Member
Long time Member
Posts: 584
Joined: Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:05 am

Re: Bulk erase files

Sat Sep 14, 2013 2:25 am

Yes, see if a reboot helps.
 
jandafields
Forum Guru
Forum Guru
Posts: 1515
Joined: Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:12 pm

Re: Bulk erase files

Sat Sep 14, 2013 5:51 pm

Once all the storage space is used, sometimes there is nothing you can do except netinstall... and then make sure in the future not to let it fill up.
 
carlosmp
just joined
Topic Author
Posts: 13
Joined: Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:02 pm

Re: Bulk erase files

Mon Sep 16, 2013 2:49 pm

Thanks for the help. A reboot seems to be what it needed. Immediately after reboot, it had almost 20MB free space. Was then able to upgrade to 6.4 without any issues.

Thanks.
Carlos.

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Bing [Bot] and 112 guests