IBM System/360 User Manual

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SMITH. ALPHA. TEXT
SMITH. BETA. TEXT
Deleting a· Data Set
Use the DELETE command to delete one or more data sets or one or more
members of a partitioned data set.
If your LOGON user identification is BROWN, you have a data set named
BROWN. INPUT. TEXT, and you want to delete it, enter
READY
delete input
READY
If you have two data sets named BROWN. INPUT. TEXT and BROWN. DAYS. DATA
and you want to delete them, enter:
READY
delete (input days)
READY
If you want to delete member FIRST of the BROWN.ALPHA.ASM partitioned
data set enter:
READY
delete alpha(first)
READY
If member FIRST has the alias LAST, and you want to delete both the
member name and its alias, enter:
READY
delete alpha(first) alpha(last)
READY
You may have a group of data sets whose names differ only in the
user-supplied name or in the descriptive qualifier. For example,
or
BROWN. LIST. DATA
BROWN. LINES. DATA
BROWN. DATES. DATA
BROWN.WEATHER.ASM
BROWN. WEATHER. DATA
BROWN. WEATHER. TEXT
To delete the entire group, place an asterisk in the position where
the names do not match. (The asterisk cannot replace the user
identification.) For example, to delete the first group use the
following:
READY
delete •• data
READY
To delete the second group use the following:
READY
delete weather ••
READY
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Brand	IBM
Model	System/360
Category	Desktop
Language	English