Deleting retained action messages

Use the CONTROL C command to delete the outstanding action messages that the action message retention facility (AMRF) has retained.

 
K C,{A|I|E|CE},{id|id-id[,id|id-id]...}

The parameters are:

C
The system is to delete one or more action messages that AMRF has retained.
A
The system is to delete one or more outstanding retained action messages in any of the following categories:
  • immediate action (descriptor code 1 or 2)
  • eventual action (descriptor code 3)
  • critical eventual action (descriptor code 11).
These messages are identified by number in response to the DISPLAY R,LIST command.
I
The system is to delete one or more outstanding immediate action messages (descriptor code 1 or 2). These messages are identified by number in response to the DISPLAY R,I command.
E
The system is to delete one or more outstanding eventual action messages (descriptor code 3). These messages are identified by number in response to the DISPLAY R,E command.
CE
The system is to delete one or more outstanding critical eventual action messages (descriptor code 11). These messages are identified by number in response to the DISPLAY R,CE command.
id
The one-to-ten-digit decimal message identification number of the message to be deleted. This number is listed in response to the DISPLAY R command (message IEE112I).
id-id
The one-to-ten-digit decimal message identification numbers of the beginning and end of a range of messages to be deleted. The ending number must be greater than or equal to the beginning number.

When a range of numbers is specified, all retained immediate action, eventual action and/or critical eventual action messages with identification numbers in the specified range are deleted.

Example 1:

To delete a range of immediate action, eventual action, and critical eventual action messages that have been retained with identification numbers from 0 to 110, enter: 
CONTROL C,A,0-110

Example 2:

Assume you have completed the requested action for three eventual action messages, but the messages remain marked as outstanding. Use the DISPLAY R,E command to get the identification numbers of the three messages (id1, id2, and id3) and then use K C,E to delete the three messages. 
DISPLAY R,E 
K C,E,id1,id2,id3

Example 3:

Assume you have performed the requested immediate action, but the message is still marked as outstanding. Use the DISPLAY R,I command to obtain the message identification number and then issue CONTROL C,I to delete the message. 
DISPLAY R,I
CONTROL C,I,id
Note:
  1. Specifying a large range of message identification numbers (more than 1000) can result in system resources being held and performance being impaired.
  2. When you delete retained messages, the requests relating to them may still be outstanding.
  3. When you specify a range, certain conditions are not flagged as errors that would be errors if individual identification numbers were specified. For example, nonexistent message identification numbers that fall within the range do not cause an error message. If you specify a nonexistent identification number by itself, you receive an error message.
Parent topic: CONTROL command