If you select option D, a confirmation panel is displayed (Figure 1) so you can make sure you did not select
this option by mistake.
Figure 1. Confirm Delete panel (ISRUADC1) Menu RefList Utilities Help
─ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ──────
│ Confirm Delete │
│ More: + │
│ Data Set Name . : MYPROJ.DEV.SOURCE │
│ Volume . . . . : MVS8WF │
│ Creation date . : 2002/07/08 │
b │ │
│ Enter "/" to select option │
I │ Set data set delete confirmation off │
│ │
│ Instructions: │
│ Press ENTER to confirm delete. │
│ (The data set will be deleted and uncataloged.) │
O │ │
│ Press CANCEL or EXIT to cancel delete. │
│ │ "C")
│ Command ===> │
D │ F1=Help F2=Split F3=Exit F7=Backward F8=Forward │
│ F9=Swap F12=Cancel │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Option ===> D
F1=Help F2=Split F3=Exit F7=Backward F8=Forward F9=Swap
F10=Actions F12=Cancel
If you specify a volume serial for the data set to be deleted,
ISPF checks to see whether the data set is cataloged on that volume.
If so, the Confirm Delete panel prompts you to specify whether to
uncatalog the data set. The displayed default is YES. If no volume
serial is specified, and the data set does not have an expiration
date, the data set is deleted and uncataloged.
Note: - ISPF does not delete password-protected data sets or data sets
allocated with an esoteric device type.
- A volume serial is not allowed for multivolume data sets using
Delete.
As directed on the panel, perform one of these actions:
- Press Enter to confirm the data set deletion.
- Enter the CANCEL or EXIT command to cancel. This action returns
you to the previous panel.
If the data set has an expiration date that has not expired, ISPF
displays a Confirm Purge panel (Figure 2) after
the Confirm Delete panel.
Figure 2. Confirm purge panel (ISRUADC3) Menu RefList Utilities Help
─ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ─────
│ Confirm Delete │
│ │
│ Data Set being deleted has an expiration date which has not expired │
│ Data Set Name . : MYPROJ.DEV.SOURCE │
│ Volume . . . . : MVS8WF │
b │ Creation date . : 2002/07/08 │
│ Expiration Date : 2002/10/01 │
I │ │
│ Enter "/" to select option │
│ Purge Data Set │
│ │
│ Instructions: │
O │ Enter "/" to confirm the purge request. │
│ (The data set will be deleted and uncataloged.) │
│ │
│ Press CANCEL or EXIT to cancel the purge request. │
│ │
│ Command ===> │
D │ F1=Help F2=Split F3=Exit F7=Backward F8=Forward │
│ F9=Swap F12=Cancel │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
F10=Actions F12=Cancel
Use a slash to select Purge Data Set if you want ISPF to purge
the data set. The
statement that is enclosed in parentheses on the Confirm Purge panel
shows whether the data set to be purged will be uncataloged.
When you delete a data set, the volume name is compared to the
volume name in the configuration table. If the names match, the command
specified in the configuration table is used in place of the ISPF
delete processing. This lets you delete migrated data sets without
first causing them to be recalled.