DELFILE (Delete SFS File Profile)

System environment

SFS files apply to z/VM® systems only.

Purpose

Use the DELFILE command to delete either a discrete or generic file profile from the RACF® database. (Note that the file itself is not physically deleted or scratched.)

Related Commands

• To protect an SFS file with a discrete or generic profile, use the ADDFILE command as described in ADDFILE (Add SFS File Profile).
• To change an SFS file, use the ALTFILE command as described in ALTFILE (Alter SFS File Profile).
• To list the information in the SFS file profile(s), use the LFILE command as described in LFILE (List SFS File Profile).
• To permit or deny access to an SFS file, use the PERMFILE command as described in PERMFILE (Maintain SFS File Access Lists).
• To obtain a list of SFS file profiles, use the SRFILE command as described in SRFILE (Obtain a List of SFS File Profiles).

Authorization Required

To delete a discrete or generic file profile, you must have sufficient authority over the file. RACF performs authorization checking in the following sequence until you meet one of these conditions:

• You have the SPECIAL attribute.
• The file profile is within the scope of a group in which you have the group-SPECIAL attribute.
• The user ID qualifier of the profile name is your user ID.
• You are the owner of the profile.

For discrete profiles only:

• The file is protected by a discrete profile and you are on the access list with ALTER authority.
• The file is protected by a discrete profile and your group or one of your groups (if list of groups checking is active) is on the access list and has ALTER authority.
• The file is protected by a discrete profile and the universal access authority is ALTER.

Parameters

profile-name

specifies the name of the discrete or generic profile to be deleted from the RACF database. You may specify only one profile-name. For the format of these profile names, see Profile Names for SFS Files and Directories.

This value is required.