ERASE

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