Use the DELETE subcommand to delete node(s) from the UADS and user IDs from the broadcast data set. Each terminal user has an entry in the UADS; and each entry may contain several nodes. The node(s) that you want to delete may be a part of an entry, or may be an entire entry.

The syntax of the DELETE subcommand of ACCOUNT to delete particular node(s) from an entry in the UADS is:

• The first parameter (enclosed within parentheses) is the positional parameter (nodelist); all others are keyword parameters.
• When you delete all nodes under a user ID, TSO/E deletes the user ID.
• The explicit specification of the same item in both the positional and DATA parameters is not valid.
• If you created (with the ADD subcommand) an entry in the UADS with an asterisk (*) specification for password and/or account number, an explicit specification of password and/or acct-nmbr for the particular user ID is not valid.

userid

Delete node(s) under this user ID

value:

1-7 alphanumeric characters, beginning with an alphabetic or special character

*

Delete node(s) under all user IDs

password

Delete node(s) under this password

value:

1-8 alphanumeric characters

*

Delete node(s) under all passwords

acct_nmbr

Delete node(s) under this account number

value:

1-40 EBCDIC characters excluding the following characters:

• blank
• comma
• semicolon
• apostrophe
• tab

*

Delete node(s) under all account numbers

DATA

Delete node(s) from an entry in the UADS

password

Delete this password or the list of passwords and all node(s) under the password(s)

value:

1-8 alphanumeric characters

acct_nmbr

Delete this account number or the list of account numbers and all node(s) under the account number(s)

value:

1-40 EBCDIC characters excluding the following characters:

• blank
• comma
• semicolon
• apostrophe
• tab

proc

Delete this procedure or the list of procedures

value:

1-8 alphanumeric characters, beginning with an alphabetic or special character

The syntax of the DELETE subcommand of ACCOUNT to delete an entire entry from the UADS, or to delete a node and all lower-level associated nodes from an entry in the UADS is:

• The parameter enclosed within parentheses is positional (nodelist).
• To delete an entire entry in the UADS and a user ID (with associated messages) in the broadcast data set, specify:

  d (userid)

• To delete all entries in the UADS and all user IDs (and all messages) in the broadcast data set, specify:

  d (*)

• When you delete all nodes under a user ID, TSO/E deletes the user ID.
• If you created (with the ADD subcommand) an entry in the UADS with an asterisk (*) specification for password and/or account number, an explicit specification of password and/or acct-nmbr for the particular user ID is not valid.

userid

Delete the entry from the UADS and the user ID from the broadcast data set, or delete node(s) under this user ID

value:

1-7 alphanumeric characters, beginning with an alphabetic or special character

*

Delete all the entries from the UADS, and all user IDs and messages from the broadcast data set; or delete node(s) under all user IDs

password

Delete this password and all node(s) under this password, or delete node(s) under this password

value:

1-8 alphanumeric characters

*

Delete node(s) under all passwords

acct_nmbr

Delete this account number and all node(s) under this account number

value:

1-40 EBCDIC characters excluding the following characters:

• blank
• comma
• semicolon
• apostrophe
• tab

*

Delete all nodes under all account numbers