DSRM

Deletes an object of a specific type or any general object from the directory.

DSRM /?

DSRM object_dn ... [-c] [-noprompt] [-p {password | *}] [-q] [{-s server | -d domain}] [-subtree [-exclude]] [-u user_name] [-uc | -uci | -uco]

object_dn (NTXP)

Specifies the distinguished names of objects to delete. If omitted, obtained through standard input (stdin) to support piping of output from another command.

/? (NTXP)

Display help.

-c (NTXP)

Reports errors, but continues with the next object in the argument list when multiple target objects are specified (continuous operation mode). If omitted, the command exits on the first error.

-d domain (NTXP)

Connects the computer to a specified domain. By default, the computer is connected to the domain controller in the logon domain.

-exclude (NTXP)

Exclude base object given by object_dn.

-noprompt (NTXP)

Sets the optional silent mode, which does not prompt to confirm deletion of each object. By default, you are prompted to confirm each deletion.

-p {password | *} (NTXP)

Specifies to use either a password or a * to log on to a remote server. If *, then prompted for password.

-q (NTXP)

Suppresses all output to standard output (quiet mode).

-s server (NTXP)

Connects the computer to a specified server.

-subtree (NTXP)

Specifies that both the object and all objects contained in the subtree under that object should be deleted. By default, only the base object specified is deleted.

-u user_name (NTXP)

Specifies the user name with which user will log on to a remote server. By default, the logged on user name is used. You can specify a user name using one of the formats:

      user name
      domain\user name
      user principal name (UPN)

-uc | -uci | -uco (NT2003)

Specifies that output or input data is formatted in Unicode:

• -uc input from or output to a pipe (|)
• -uco output to a pipe (|) or a file
• -uci input from a pipe (|) or a file

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External

DOS

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Windows

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Windows NT

NTXP NT2003