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DEL COMMAND
8. 1 -- Use
message 'indicating that
the~
cannot be deleted.
Without
the
presence
of
ang optionsl
only Tile names_
lacking the "system" attribute will be considered as eligible
ror deletion
in
the family mode.
A
special case
or
the family mode is the absence
or
any
file name specification.
In
this
case,
the
DEL
command
processes
the
command
line
as
iT the following file name
specification had been given
*.*:0
which will make all
non-system
file
names
on
drive
zero
eligible for deletion.
A logical unit number may be entered on the command line
as the only part of the file
name
specification.
In
this
ease,
the family
*.
*
will be eligible for deletion.
Instead
of the de-FBult drive,
however,
the operator
entered
logical
unit number
will
be used.
8. 2 Op t
ions'
The
liS"
option
is
used to i,nclude rile names with the
system attribute in the family mode of
deletion.
Normall~,
the ram i
1
y
mod e e xcI u des s
u
c
h
r
i 1
e n am e s
. T
h e
It
S
fI
0
P
t ion has
no effect in the single or multiple file name modes.
The
ItY"
option will inhibit
the
DEL
command's
prompt
asking
if
each
family member is be deleted.
The effect
o~
specifying the
tty"
option
is
to
give
an
automatic
"Y"
response
to
the prompti
however,
neither the prompt nor the
automatic response
are
displayed.
The
deletion
messages
indicating
which
members
of
the
family
were
deleted or
protected will still be shown.
The "Y" and "S" options can be used concurrently.
8.3
Messages
The following messages
can
be
displayed
by
the
DEL
command.
Not all messages are error messagesi however,
error
messages
messages
here.
are
included
1"
the
list.
The
standard
error
that can
be
displayed
by
all
commands are not shown
<name> DOES NOT EXIST
This message is displayed ror each
~ile
name
on
the
command
line
that
is
not
found
in
a
directory.
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