Re: Cleaning IFS From Command Line

Well, list .... thanks again for all these ideas.  In case anyone is wondering, 
the EDTF solution is the one that works best for me in this situation.  I'm 
just removing all my own stuff from this system before sending it back to IBM 
upon lease termination.  I'll leave the OS on and in working order.

Good discussion and I must admit that I learned stuff .... which is why we all 
sign up for this service in the first place.  I never even heard of the EDTF 
command before this morning and I've been working on the System i since 1988 
when I got my first system, a B10.

Rich
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"Jones, John (US)" wrote:

Hey, I did say 'something like' and the goal is to wipe the system.

Anyway, while the discussion on wiping the IFS was interesting I think
the OP's best option is as someone mentions: a scratch-install of the
LIC.  Everything 'disappears' in under an hour and it requires very
little sysadmin effort.

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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 7:46 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Cleaning IFS From Command Line

Yikes!  Don't run that!  That'll delete EVERYTHING.  Including the
operating system (if you have enough authority).  Including every file
on every Windows server on the network (if you have authority/access).

Jones, John (US) wrote:

Something like QSH CMD('cd /;rm -r *') might be a little simpler.

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