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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# This script removes all data associated with the given sessions.
+# For each session it first removes all instances of that session and
+# then cleans up any orphans.
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+
+use Simba::CA;
+
+
+my $ca = Simba::CA->new({
+			    dbi_file => $ENV{SIMBA_DB_CONN} || "$ENV{HOME}/.dbi/simba",
+			});
+
+my $dbh = $ca->{dbh};
+
+for my $session (@ARGV[0]) {
+    print "deleting session $session\n";
+    my $n_instances = $dbh->do("delete from instances where session=?", {}, $session);
+    print "\t$n_instances instances deleted\n";
+
+    # remove orphaned records:
+    $sessions
+	= $dbh->selectcol_arrayref(
+	    q{select s.id from instances i right outer join sessions s  on i.session=s.id where i.id is null}
+	  );
+
+    for my $session (@$sessions) {
+	$dbh->do(q{delete from sessions where id=?}, {}, $session);
+	print "\tsession $session deleted\n";
+    }
+
+    my $files
+	= $dbh->selectcol_arrayref(
+	    q{select f.id from instances i right outer join files f  on i.file=f.id where i.id is null}
+	  );
+
+    for my $file (@$files) {
+	$dbh->do(q{delete from files where id=?}, {}, $file);
+	print "\tfile $file deleted\n";
+    }
+
+    my $versions
+	= $dbh->selectcol_arrayref(
+	    q{select v.id from instances i right outer join versions2 v  on i.version=v.id where i.id is null}
+	  );
+
+    for my $version (@$versions) {
+	$dbh->do(q{delete from versions2 where id=?}, {}, $version);
+	print "\tversion $version deleted\n";
+    }
+}