slk-delete.md

+## Preparation:
+
+Prepare local data for archival (include in data-generation scripts)
+
+### Test Data
+
+```
+/scratch/k/$USER/slk_testing_tmp/test_data/delete/one_file/file_01.txt
+
+/scratch/k/$USER/slk_testing_tmp/test_data/delete/with_subfolder_and_file/file_01.txt
+/scratch/k/$USER/slk_testing_tmp/test_data/delete/with_subfolder_and_file/subfolder/file_02.txt
+```
+
+## delete 01: delete a file
+
+precondition:
+
+* `slk archive /scratch/k/$USER/slk_testing_tmp/test_data/delete/one_file /hsm/testing/delete`
+
+```
+slk delete /hsm/testing/delete/delete/one_file/file_01.txt
+```
+
+* stdout: empty
+* stderr: empty
+* exit code: 0
+
+
+## delete 02: delete empty folder
+
+precontion:
+
+* delete 01 ran successfully
+
+```
+slk delete /hsm/testing/delete/delete/one_file
+```
+
+* stdout: empty
+* stderr: empty
+* exit code: 0
+
+
+## delete 03:
+
+precontion:
+
+* `slk archive /scratch/k/$USER/slk_testing_tmp/test_data/delete/one_file /hsm/testing/delete`
+* slk delete /hsm/testing/delete/delete/one_file/file_01.txt
+
+```
+slk delete /hsm/testing/delete/delete/one_file/
+```
+
+* stdout: empty
+* stderr: empty
+* exit code: 0
+
+
+## delete 04: delete non-empty folder, no -r
+
+precontion:
+
+* `slk archive /scratch/k/$USER/slk_testing_tmp/test_data/delete/one_file /hsm/testing/delete`
+
+```
+slk delete /hsm/testing/delete/delete/one_file
+```
+
+* stdout: empty
+* stderr: `cannot remove /hsm/testing/delete/delete/one_file: Is a non-empty directory`
+* exit code: 1
+
+
+## delete 05: delete non-empty folder, with -r
+
+precontion:
+
+* previous test (delete 04) successful (== slk delete command failed)
+
+```
+slk delete -r /hsm/testing/delete/delete/one_file
+```
+
+* stdout: empty
+* stderr: empty
+* exit code: 0
+
+
+## delete 06: delete non-empty folder hierarchy, with -r
+
+precontion:
+
+* `slk archive /scratch/k/$USER/slk_testing_tmp/test_data/delete/with_subfolder_and_file /hsm/testing/delete`
+
+```
+slk delete -r /hsm/testing/delete/with_subfolder_and_file 
+```
+
+* stdout: empty
+* stderr: empty
+* exit code: 0
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