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Revision as of 14:42, 4 June 2009

Class

Disk and File Utilities


Purpose

Delete a file or files


Syntax

ERASE <filename> | (<expC>) | <file list>


See Also

ALIAS, DELETE, RUN, SET PATH, SET SAFETY


Description

The ERASE command deletes the specified file or comma-separated file list. If no directory specification is present in the filename, then the file is deleted from the current directory. The filename can be substituted with a <expC>, enclosed in round brackets, which returns a valid filename. When deleting a file, ERASE does not follow the directory search path specified with the SET PATH command. On OpenVMS, all versions of the file will be deleted.


Example

if file("backup.old")
    erase backup.old
endif


Products

Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer