Delete command

Main command Delete can be used to delete one or more members. Line command D can be used to delete a listed member.

Syntax

member_name: The name of the member in the current member list to be deleted. When it is a distinct name of a member with member generations in a PDSE library, you are prompted to delete one relative generation or all generations.
MEMpatt: A member name pattern using the wildcard characters % and *.
NOPROMPT: A keyword indicating that the delete prompt panel is not to be displayed. NOCONFIRM is a synonym for NOPROMPT.

By default, a confirmation panel is displayed before any deletion takes place.
With the proper authority, you can delete any member in the current library concatenation.

Message	Meaning
-DELETED	The member was deleted.
-IO ERR	An input/output error occurred in reading the directory of the library or the member itself.
-NO AUTH	Since you began working, your access to the library has been revoked.
-REVEALD	Another member with the same name was found in a higher-level library, and is now being displayed in the MSL instead of the deleted one.

D TST NOPROMPT: Deletes member TST without a confirmation prompt.
DELETE *: Asks for confirmation to delete all the members in the current library.

The following example uses the D line command to delete member JUNK with no confirmation prompt:

   NAME     PROMPT   
 D JUNK     NOCONFIRM