RE: Mass Delete from IFS folder

[vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx]

RMVLNK is IBM's long name for DEL

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From: "mlazarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

> Charlie, 
>
> The native command RMVLNK allows a wildcard to be used, so a QSH "session" 
> would not be required. 
>
> -mark 
>
> Original Message: 
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> From: Joe Pluta joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:51:15 -0500 
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Subject: RE: Mass Delete from IFS folder 
>
>
> Charlie, you can (VERY carefully!) use QSH to run the "rm" command. This 
> lovely little Unix command can clear a folder with ease. Of course, it can 
> also wipe out your machine (rm /QSYS.LIB/. is a bad idea). 
>
> Joe 
>
> > From: Charlie Randall 
> >
> > I am working on developing a RPG Application that will load an IFS 
> > folder with image files. Then it will zip up all the files into a zip 
> > file. This part is working fine. However, this will be a nightly 
> > process and I would like to clear the folder before loading and zipping 
> > again. So, is there a global command to delete all files in an IFS 
> > folder that can be used in an RPG ILE or RPG Free Application? Instead 
> > of deleting them one by one. 
>
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