Deletes a file or files.

Format
 DELETE file-spec,...

 Requires DELETE access to the file or sufficient privilege to
 override the protection.

Additional information available:

ParametersQualifiers

/CHARACTERISTIC/ENTRY/FORM/INTRUSION_RECORD/KEY
/QUEUE/SYMBOL

file-spec,...
 Specification(s) of file(s) being deleted. Wildcard characters can be
 used. The plus sign can be used in place of the comma between file
 specifications. Version numbers must be specified on all file
 specifications. A null version number (a semicolon without the number)
 or a version number of zero deletes the latest version. A wildcard
 version number deletes all versions. File specifications after the
 first one can omit all parts down to (but excluding) the version
 number, and the defaults will come from the preceding specification.
 The first file specification can omit only the device and directory;
 the defaults will come from your current device/directory.

Additional information available:

/BACKUP/BEFORE/BY_OWNER/CONFIRM/CREATED/ERASE
/EXCLUDE(/EXPIRED/LOG/MODIFIED/SINCE

 /CREATED (default)
 /EXPIRED
 /MODIFIED
 Selects files for the delete operation according to the dates of their
 most recent backups, their creation dates, their expiration dates, or
 the dates of their last modifications. Relevant only with the /BEFORE
 and /SINCE qualifiers.

 Deletes only those files with dates (creation, modification,
 expiration, or backup) that precede the specified time. You can
 specify time as an absolute time, a combination of absolute and delta
 times, or as one of the following keywords: TODAY (default), TOMORROW,
 and YESTERDAY.

 Deletes only those files with the specified user
 identification code. The default uic is that of the current process.

 /NOCONFIRM (default)
 Issues a request for confirmation before each deletion. The following
 responses are valid:

 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | YES      | Delete the file                               |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | NO       | Do not delete the file                        |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | TRUE     | Delete the file                               |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | FALSE    | Do not delete the file                        |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | 1        | Delete the file                               |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | 0        | Do not delete the file                        |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | <RETURN> | Delete the file                               |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | ALL      | Continue execution of the command with no     |
 |          | further confirmation prompts                  |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | <CTRL/Z> | Stop execution of the command                 |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | QUIT     | Stop execution of the command                 |
 +----------+-----------------------------------------------+

 See /BACKUP.

 /NOERASE (default)
 Erases the specified file(s) from the disk so that the deleted data
 does not exist physically. By default, a file is just marked as
 deleted.

 Excludes the specified file(s) from deletion. You can include a
 directory name but not a device name in the file specification(s).
 Wildcard characters are supported for file specifications.  However,
 you cannot use relative version numbers to exclude a specific version.

 See /BACKUP.

 /NOLOG (default)
 Displays the file specification of each file deleted as the command
 executes.

 See /BACKUP.

 Selects for deletion only those files dated (creation, modification,
 expiration, or backup) after the specified time. You can specify time
 as an absolute time, a combination of absolute and delta times, or one
 of the following keywords: TODAY (default), TOMORROW, YESTERDAY.

Deletes a queue characteristic.

Format
 DELETE/CHARACTERISTIC name

 Requires the Secure User Environment Option.

 Requires OPER privilege.

Additional information available:

Parameters

name
 The name of the characteristic.

Deletes one or more print or batch jobs from a queue. The jobs can be
in progress or waiting in the queue.

Format
 DELETE/ENTRY=(job-number,...) queue-name[:]

 Requires the Secure User Environment Option.

 Requires OPER privilege, EXECUTE access to the queue,
 or DELETE access to the job.

Additional information available:

ParametersQualifiers

queue-name[:]
 Name of the queue handling the job to be deleted.

Additional information available:

/ENTRY

 Indicates a delete entry operation and specifies the job number(s) of
 the job(s) being deleted. This qualifier is required and must precede
 all other qualifiers and parameters.

 Deletes a form type for a printer or a terminal queue. When you delete
 a form definition, you must ensure that no outstanding references to
 the form exist in queues that have been mounted with the form or by
 jobs requesting that form.

Format
 DELETE/FORM form-name

 Requires OPER privilege.

Additional information available:

Parameters

form-name
 The name of the form.

 Removes an entry from the breakin database.

Format
 DELETE/INTRUSION_RECORD source

 Requires the Secure User Environment Option.

 Requires CMKRNL and SECURITY privileges.

Additional information available:

Parameter

source
 Entry being removed from the breakin database.

Deletes a key definition(s).

Format
 DELETE/KEY [key-name]

Additional information available:

ParametersQualifiers

key
 The name of the key to be deleted. Incompatible with the /ALL
 qualifier.

Additional information available:

/ALL/LOG/STATE

 Deletes all key definitions in the specified (or, by default, the
 current) state. Incompatible with the key-name parameter.

 /NOLOG
 Displays a message indicating the deletion has taken place.

 /NOSTATE
 Specifies the name(s) of the state(s) for which the specified key
 definition(s) are to be deleted. The default state is the current
 state.

Deletes a print or batch queue and all the jobs in the queue. The
specified queue must have been stopped.

Format
 DELETE/QUEUE queue-name[:]

 Requires the Secure User Environment Option.

 Requires OPER privilege.

Additional information available:

Parameters

queue-name[:]
 Name of the queue being deleted.

Deletes a symbol or symbols.

Format
 DELETE/SYMBOL [symbol-name]

Additional information available:

ParametersQualifiers

symbol-name
 Name of the symbol being deleted. A name is required unless the /ALL
 qualifier is specified. Incompatible with the /ALL qualifier.

Additional information available:

/ALL/GLOBAL/LOG

 Deletes all symbols at the specified level. The /ALL qualifier is
 incompatible with the symbol-name parameter.

 /LOCAL (default)
 Specifies the level of the symbol.

 /NOLOG (default)
 Displays the symbols being deleted.