Deletes one or more elements from a CMS library.
Format:
DELETE ELEMENT element-expression "remark"
1 – Restrictions
o You cannot delete an element that belongs to a group or has a
generation in a class.
o You cannot delete an element that has a generation reserved.
o You cannot restore a deleted element.
o You cannot delete an element that has a generation under
review.
2 – Command Parameters
element-expression
Specifies one or more elements that are to be deleted from the
library. An element expression can be an element name, a wildcard
expression, or a list of these separated by commas.
remark
Specifies a character string to be logged in the history file
with this command, usually used to explain why the command was
entered. The remark is enclosed in quotation marks. If no remark
was entered, a null remark ("") is logged.
3 – Description
The DELETE ELEMENT command deletes an element from a CMS library.
If the element is set to /REFERENCE_COPY and there is a current
reference copy directory for the CMS library, CMS deletes the
corresponding file from the reference copy directory.
There cannot be any existing reservations for the element.
The element cannot be a member of a group, nor can one of its
generations belong to a class, or be under review. If one of
the element's generations is under review, use the CANCEL
REVIEW command to remove it from the review list. If an element
is reserved, you must unreserve or replace it before you can
delete the element. If the element belongs to any groups or
has generations in any classes, use the REMOVE ELEMENT or REMOVE
GENERATION command to remove it.
Even though an element is deleted, records of transactions that
created and used the element are retained in the library history.
You can reuse the deleted element name to create a new element.
However, there is no distinction between the two elements in the
library history, except that their transactions are separated by
entries for DELETE ELEMENT and CREATE ELEMENT commands.
4 – Qualifiers
4.1 /CONFIRM (D)
Controls whether CMS prompts you for confirmation before each
transaction.
When you run CMS in interactive mode, CMS prompts you for
confirmation. If you type YES, ALL, TRUE, or 1, CMS executes the
transaction. If you type NO or QUIT or press RETURN, no action
is performed. If you type any other character, CMS continues to
prompt until you type an acceptable response.
CMS does not prompt for confirmation in batch mode.
4.2 /LOG (D)
Controls whether CMS displays success and informational messages
on the default output device. By default, if the command executes
successfully, CMS displays a success message. If you specify
/NOLOG, success and informational messages are suppressed. Any
warning, error, or fatal error messages are displayed regardless
of whether /LOG or /NOLOG is specified.
4.3 /OCCLUDE[=option,...]
Controls whether CMS selects the first instance of the specified
object, or all instances of the specified object in the library
search list. The options field contains one or more keywords
associated with the name of the object. The options field can
contain the following keywords:
ALL--equivalent to ELEMENT
ELEMENT (D)
NOELEMENT
NONE--equivalent to NOELEMENT
You can specify either ALL, NONE, or the [NO]ELEMENT keyword.
By default, CMS performs occlusion for all objects; that is, CMS
selects only the first occurrence of a specified object.
5 – Example
CMS> DELETE ELEMENT INITX.FOR "x-version no longer required"
Delete element INITX.FOR? [Y/N] (N): Y
%CMS-I-DELETED, element DISKX:[PROJECT.CMSLIB]INITX.FOR deleted
%CMS-S-DELETIONS, 1 deletion completed
This example uses INITX.FOR as an experimental module; when it
is no longer needed, it can be deleted from the library.