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<dd>syncevolution --update <dir> <config> <source>
syncevolution [--delimiter <string>|none] --update <file>|- <config> <source> <luid> ...</dd>
<dt>Remove item(s):</dt>
-<dd>syncevolution --delete-items <config> <source> <luid> ...</dd>
+<dd>syncevolution --delete-items <config> <source> (<luid> ... | *)</dd>
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syncevolution [--delimiter <string>|none] --import <dir>|<file>|- <config> <source>
syncevolution --update <dir> <config> <source>
syncevolution [--delimiter <string>|none] --update <file>|- <config> <source> <luid> ...
-syncevolution --delete-items <config> <source> <luid> ...
+syncevolution --delete-items <config> <source> (<luid> ... | *)
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<p>Restore depends on the specific format of the automatic backups
created by SyncEvolution. Arbitrary access to item data is provided
with additional options. <luid> here is the unique local identifier
assigned to each item in the source, transformed so that it contains
-only alphanumeric characters, dash and underscore.</p>
+only alphanumeric characters, dash and underscore. A star * in
+--delete-items selects all items for deletion.</p>
<p><config> and <source> must be given, but they do not have to refer to
existing configurations. In that case, the desired backend and must be
give via "--source-property type=<backend>", like this:</p>
typically leads to an ERROR message, but is not reflected in a
non-zero result of the command line invocation itself because the
situation is not reported as an error by backends (removal of
-non-existent items is not an error in SyncML).</dd>
+non-existent items is not an error in SyncML). Use a star * instead
+or in addition to listing individual luids to delete all items.</dd>
<dt>--sync-property|-y <property>=<value>|<property>=?|?</dt>
<dd><p class="first">Overrides a source-independent configuration property for the
current synchronization run or permanently when --configure is used