RE: Generic deletion of an object

["Fisher, Don" <DRF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Please ignore my previous reply.  I found the commands on the AS/400, and
they work very well.  The one exception being that when deleting a physical
or logical file, one doesn't use the DEL command.  One apparently uses the
RMVDIR command after removing the members.

This means I'll have to differentiate between the various types of files, of
course, but that's simple enough, especially when compared to the
alternatives.

Thanks Rob!

Donald R. Fisher, III
Project Manager
Heilig-Meyers Furniture Company
(804) 784-7500 ext. 2124
Don.Fisher@HeiligMeyers.com

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Use the IFS.
* sample
del '/qsys.lib/rob.lib/mydtaara.dtaara'
* remove members - must be done before deleting a file.   Have to have an
exception to prove the rule.
del '/qsys.lib/mylib.lib/myfile.file/*'
* remove the file itself
del '/qsys.lib/rob.lib/file.file'
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