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EVE DELETE_BUFFER — VMS 5.0

 DELETE BUFFER

 Deletes a buffer you specify.  The buffer name must match exactly -- no
 abbreviations or wildcards.

 Example:

    DELETE BUFFER rough.txt

 Deletes a buffer named ROUGH.TXT -- if it is empty or unmodified.
 Otherwise, EVE asks for one of the following choices:

    DELETE_ONLY     Deletes the specified buffer.
    WRITE_FIRST     Does a WRITE FILE for that buffer, then deletes it.
    QUIT            Cancels -- buffer is NOT deleted (default choice).

 o  If you delete the current buffer, EVE displays the first buffer viewed
    in the session.  If there is no previous buffer, EVE displays an empty
    buffer named MAIN.

 o  If you use multiple windows, deleting a buffer does NOT delete the
    window the buffer was in.  See help on DELETE WINDOW.

 o  When you view a list of buffers, REMOVE is specially redefined as
    DELETE BUFFER, as follows:

    1.  Use SHOW BUFFERS to list the buffers you have created.
    2.  Put the cursor on a buffer name in the list and press REMOVE.

 o  Do NOT delete system buffers.  Some cannot be deleted.

 Related topics:

    BUFFER   SHOW BUFFERS   SHOW SYSTEM BUFFERS   WRITE FILE

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