Using a MASK pattern for Objects other than CLUSTER, NONVSAM, and GDS

Using DELETE with a MASK pattern will delete only CLUSTER, NONVSAM, and GDS (Generation Data Set) objects. To delete other objects, you must specify a type parameter, such as PATH or AIX®. When you use a type to restrict the objects to delete, IBM® suggests that you specify a DELETE with dependent objects first, then their base objects - this avoids possible conflicts with objects already deleted. For example,

• To DELETE PATH objects, do so with MASK and PATH type restrict parameter. You can then issue a DELETE with an AIX parameter, and finally issue a DELETE with a CLUSTER parameter. If you issue the first DELETE with CLUSTER, the command deletes all three sets of objects underneath the matching cluster.
• To delete a GDG BASE and its GDSes, first issue a DELETE with MASK for the GDSs only using a NONVSAM parameter and then delete the GDG BASEs with a GENERATIONDATAGROUP parameter.