FUSUTIL DELETE

You can use the FUSUTIL DELETE program to delete a file.

The program can be entered in one of the following two ways:

  • FUSUTIL DELETE name_of_file_to_be_deleted
  • FUSUTIL D name_of_file_to_be_deleted
Note: The DELETE function can be defined by the word DELETE or the character D.

At least one space must be added after the program name FUSUTIL and before the name of the file to be deleted. The file to be deleted must be defined; otherwise, the request fails and an error is displayed.

The file name must be the fully qualified file name with all directories and qualifiers defined. On systems such as UNIX where the file system is case sensitive, the file name must exactly match the file name in the file system.

For example, the following command deletes the file mvsfile.acct.Y2004.JAN:

FUSUTIL D mvsfile.acct.Y2004.JAN.