dndel1

Usage

Overview

dndel deletes files held on VMS systems. The filename parameter may specify a single file or a wildcard (remember to use VMS wildcards).

If you specify -i or -v then dndel will open two connections to the VMS machine (much as VMS itself does). Otherwise it will attempt to use a single connection. One side-effect of this is that the deletion process will fail at the first file that cannot be deleted.

Options

-i

Interactive. Prompt before deleting a file.

-v

Verbose. Print the names of files that have been deleted

-T connect timeout

Specifies the maximum amount of time the command will wait to establish a connection with the remote node. a 0 here will cause it to wait forever. The default is 60 seconds

-h -?

Displays help for using the command.

-V

Show the version of the tools package that dndel comes from.

Examples

dndel -i 'myvax::oldfile;*'

dndel 'tramp"christine pjc123"::interactive'