RE: Delete IFS files WITHOUT deleting the directory

No.

RMVLNK is similar to DLTOBJ.

The * in the path is a wild card that means any.

So the effect is to remove all links in /rootdir/subdir/subdir2/

When dealing with stream files, the file is not actually deleted and the
space freed until all hard links to the object are removed.  For most
stream file object, there exists only a single hard link, so RMVLNK is
often thought of as a delete.  But is isn't quite the same.

EDTF /mydir/myfile.txt
RMVLNK /mydir/*
/* myfile.txt is gone  */


EDTF /mydir/myfile.txt
ADDLNK obj(/mydir/myfile.txt) newlnk(/mydir2/myfile2.txt) lnktype(*HARD)

/* Make some change to myfile.txt */ 
EDTF /mydir/myfile.txt

/* Now look at myfile2.txt in mydir2, you'll see the data you think of
as being in myfile.txt */
EDTF /mydir2/myfile2.txt

/* Now remove the myfile.txt lnk */
RMVLNK /mydir/*

/* Guess what the data is still there and can be access via myfile2.txt
*/
EDTF /mydir2/myfile2.txt

 

HTH,

Charles Wilt
--
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
  

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> So, the RMVLNK equates to CLRLIB for the IFS?    
>  
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> 
> RMVLNK '/rootdir/subdir/subdir2/*' 
> 
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob O.
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> Subject: Delete IFS files WITHOUT deleting the directory
> 
> Here's my issue...
> 
> I have a couple folders in the IFS that I do some processing to in our
> overnight procedure.  During the day, many pdf files are created and
> stored in folder1.  In the overnight process, these files are renamed
> and moved to another folder (folder2).
> 
> What I want to do is; in the overnight procedure, go back to folder 1
> and delete any stragler files that may be there.  I don't 
> want to delete
> the folder they reside in.  These folders are not in QDLS.  
> They are in
> the regular IFS.
> 
> Another issue is that I do not know the names of the files to be
> deleted.  
> Isn't there some simple way to just access an IFS folder with a CL
> command and delete anything that's in that folder?  If not, you would
> think that IBM would have come up with something like this YEARS ago.
> 
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