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DNDEL(1) General Commands Manual DNDEL(1)

NAME

dndel - Delete a file on a VMS system

SYNOPSIS

dndel [options] file-name
Options:
[-ivVh]

DESCRIPTION

dndel deletes files held on VMS systems. The filename parameter may specify a single file or a wildcard (remember to use VMS wildcards).

If you specify -i or -v then dndel will open two connections to the VMS machine (much as VMS itself does). Otherwise it will attempt to use a single connection. One side-effect of this is that the deletion process will fail at the first file that cannot be deleted.

OPTIONS

Interactive. Prompt before deleting a file.
Verbose. Print the names of files that have been deleted
Specifies the maximum amount of time the command will wait to establish a connection with the remote node. a 0 here will cause it to wait forever. The default is 60 seconds
Displays help for using the command.
Show the version of the tools package that dndel comes from.

EXAMPLES


dndel -i 'myvax::oldfile;*'


dndel 'tramp"christine pjc123"::interactive'

SEE ALSO

dntype(1), dndir(1), dncopy(1), dntask(1) ,dnsubmit(1), dnprint(1)

October 2 1998 DECnet utilities