1  DELETE
   The Delete command serves 2 purposes:

   o  Delete files by File-id

   o  Delete complete directories and directory trees very fast

Deleting files by file id's (with the /FILE qualifier) can be
useful in removing files which are no longer in a directory (e.g.
files marked for delete). Deleting a directory (with the /DIRECTORY
qualifier) is many times faster than the normal DCL delete command,
especially for large directories. The /TREE qualifier can be used
to delete a complete directory tree with just one command. The /FILE
and /DIRECTORY command cannot be combined.

   Syntax :

      DELETE device/FILE=file-id
      DELETE full-directory-file-name /DIRECTORY(/Qualifiers)
 

2  Qualifiers
 

/DIRECTORY

   This qualifier directs DFU to delete the complete contents of the
   specified directory, followed by a delete of the directory file
   itself. See also the /TREE qualifier. The parameter must specify
   a full directory file name. Wildcards may be used. Examples :

   DFU> DELETE mydisk:[000000]gone.dir/DIRECTORY

   gone.dir will be deleted with its contents.

   DFU> DELETE/DIRECTORY mydisk:[maindir.subdir]removethis.dir

   removethis.dir will be deleted with its contents.
 

/FILE

      /FILE=file-id

   The full 3 number file-id of the file to be deleted. In
   combination with the required device parameter this results in a
   unique file. To avoid possible errors a full file id is required.
   Example :

   DFU> DELETE mydisk/FILE=(234,567,1)
 

/KEEP

      /KEEP
      /NOKEEP (default)

   Used with DELETE/DIRECTORY(/TREE). This qualifier directs DFU to
   delete the contents of the directory(tree) but to preserve the
   directory files.
 

/LOG

      /LOG (default)
      /NOLOG

   This qualifier is used only with the /DIRECTORY qualifier.
   Default DFU will report each deleted file. This can be suppressed
   with /NOLOG.
 

/NOREMOVE

      /NOREMOVE
      /REMOVE (default)

   This qualifier can only be used with /FILE. Default DFU will
   also try to remove the file from the parent directory. For lost
   or marked-for-delete files this is not possible, and the DELETE
   command will probably fail. The /NOREMOVE qualifier will override
   the default behavior.
 

/STATISTICS

      /STATISTICS
      /NOSTATISTICS (default)

   Controls whether CPU and I/O consumption of the command are
   shown.
 

/TREE

   This qualifier is only used in combination with /DIRECTORY.
   Starting with the specified directory all (sub)directory contents
   and all (sub)directory files will be deleted.