Re: Deleting the contents of a directory in the ifs -- MIDRANGE-L

Alan,

Not a problem. I do the RMV in a CL program, _and_ have QSHELL scripts
that do similar with the RM (remove) command. The scripts reside in a file
on the IFS (on our system in the /QSHELL directory) called DltInv.qsh.

The statement used to remove is listed in the script as

# delete any files.
# Any error messages are redirected to NULL and deleted
rm /homedir/Invoice/* 2> /dev/null

submit the qshell script:

SBMJOB CMD(QSH CMD('/QShell/DltInv.qsh')) +
JOB(DltInv) JOBD(*USRPRF) JOBQ(WEBALL) +
USER(*CURRENT) LOG(4 0 *SECLVL) +
LOGCLPGM(*YES)

OR run the command in your CL program:

qsh cmd('/qshell/DltInv.qsh')

OR

Could also be done in CL with

RMVLNK OBJLNK('/homedir/Invoice/*)

and monitor for specific error messages. You can prompt RMVLNK, press help
(F!) and see what messages can be monitored for.

Jim

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Alan Shore <ashore@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

John, Jim
Thanks for your replies, however (and I have no one to blame but myself)
the whole process is in a batch program and not interactive.

Alan Shore
Programmer/Analyst, Direct Response
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C:(631) 880-8640
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Essinger
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 4:13 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Deleting the contents of a directory in the ifs

Alan,

CL command RMVLNK is one way, unless there are subdirectories. You can
also use WRKLNK and navigate to the directory in which your files and
directories live and edit (option 2) the directory. Then option 9 of the
edit function will do a recursive delete of directories, which will delete
the directory and all sub-directories.

Jim

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Alan Shore <ashore@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi everyone
I am making a change to our system (release V5r4) where files are
being loaded to a directory in the ifs, and so far (with the
tremendous help of this list) I am accomplishing what I set out to do.
However, at the start of this process I need to clear out the
directory of EVERYTHING.
Does anyone know how to do this?
I am assuming the Qshell is the best way to go (which may or may not
be true), but it's been quite a few years since I last did ANY UNIX so
the more that I delve into this, the more that I realize just how much
I have forgotten (or didn't know)

Alan Shore
Programmer/Analyst, Direct Response
E:AShore@xxxxxxxx
P:(631) 200-5019
C:(631) 880-8640
"If you're going through Hell, keep going" - Winston Churchill

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