Deleting file clones

There is no explicit GPFS command available for deleting file clones. File clones can be deleted using a regular delete (rm) command. Clone parent files cannot be deleted until all file clone copies of the parent have been deleted and all open file handles to them have been closed.

Note: There is a brief period of time, immediately following the deletion of the file clone copies, when deletion of the parent can fail because the clone copy deletions are still running in the background.