RE: Mass Delete from IFS folder

RMVLNK is IBM's long name for DEL

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From: "mlazarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

Charlie, 

The native command RMVLNK allows a wildcard to be used, so a QSH "session" 
would not be required. 

-mark 

Original Message: 
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From: Joe Pluta joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:51:15 -0500 
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: RE: Mass Delete from IFS folder 


Charlie, you can (VERY carefully!) use QSH to run the "rm" command. This 
lovely little Unix command can clear a folder with ease. Of course, it can 
also wipe out your machine (rm /QSYS.LIB/. is a bad idea). 

Joe 

From: Charlie Randall 

I am working on developing a RPG Application that will load an IFS 
folder with image files. Then it will zip up all the files into a zip 
file. This part is working fine. However, this will be a nightly 
process and I would like to clear the folder before loading and zipping 
again. So, is there a global command to delete all files in an IFS 
folder that can be used in an RPG ILE or RPG Free Application? Instead 
of deleting them one by one. 

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