xvsamDelete

xvsamdelete

xvsamDelete allows you to delete one or more XVSAM files. It removes the C-ISAM components from the UNIX file system and it deletes the corresponding entries from the specified catalog. If you have specified a base cluster name, also the associated alternate index path entries are deleted, if existing.

Syntax

# xvsamDelete [-f -d<filename> -l<debug level>] <catalog> <cluster>

Options

-f	force to produce no error if dataset doesn't exist
catalog	is the name of the catalog the cluster belongs to
cluster	is the name of the cluster to be deleted

As already seen for xvsamCreate, a protocol file can be created during deletion, by specifying -d<name>. If no name is specified, the protocol file will be created as xvsamDelete.log.

The level of detail with which XVSAM should report the sequence of operations on the protocol file, may be specified by means of the -l<level> optional parameter.

WARNING : A cluster or an alternate index path MUST never be deleted through using the rm UNIX command, because of its indexation in Catalog.dat and Catalog.idx. To delete a cluster or an alternate index path, use always xvsamAdm or xvsamDelete!!!

Example:

xvsamDelete TESTCAT mycluster

Return codes

0	Function correctly executed
12	error(s) trapped