delete—delete an object

Format

Description

The delete command deletes an object from the Printer Inventory.

You cannot delete the system configuration definition in the configuration class. The system configuration definition is a required object.

Operands

objectclass

The class of the object that you want to delete. For a list of the object classes, see Table 38.

You cannot specify the configuration class.

name

The name of the object. Names are case-sensitive, so be sure to use the correct uppercase and lowercase letters. Enclose the name in single or double quotation marks if the name contains special characters.

Usage notes

• You cannot delete a component that is included in one or more printer definitions. You must first modify the printer definitions to remove the component names. You can use the PIDU list command to list all printer definitions that include a component and the PIDU modify command to modify the printer definitions.
• If you delete a printer definition that is listed in a printer pool definition, that printer definition is removed from the list of printers in the printer pool definition.

Examples -- delete

Deleting a component

This example deletes the NetSpool Options component named binary. This example also shows the list command that you should use before you delete the component to make sure that no printer definitions include that component.

pidu -c 'list printer where include-netspool-options=binary ; '
pidu -c 'delete netspool-options binary ; ' 

Deleting an FSA definition

This example deletes the FSA definition named FSA1:

pidu -c 'delete fsa FSA1 ; '