Delete multiple PS files

ribinmathew · New User Joined: 13 Jan 2009 Posts: 5 Location: Pune

Hi All,

In one of the previous post, I saw a REXX code to delete n number of PS flat files in a single execution of the tool. But can anyone say, if we can delete a set of flat files by giving partially qualified name.

For example, if the file which contains the list of flat files to be deleted have a record like 'USERID.PS.PROJ.* '. Here can we customize the tool so that it will search for all the files which is having above qualifier and delete it.

Eg. 'USERID.PS.PROJ.FILE1
'USERID.PS.PROJ.FILE2
'USERID.PS.PROJ.FILE 3 etc

expat · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:27 pm

If it is code that I posted, yes. It uses full * ** and % filter capabilities for searching, but extremely limited functionality on my own exclude routine.

Itanium · Active User Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 114 Location: India

What is the other post you both are referring ? Can you post the link of the same ?

expat · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:42 pm

THIS one

Itanium · Active User Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 114 Location: India

Thanks expat.. This was very Quick

expat · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:47 pm

Slower than normal day

You will probably have to change the concatenations from ! to | by

C '5A'X '4F'X ALL

as when at the site where that was written the ! was the valid form for concatenation.

rohit2219 · New User Joined: 10 Feb 2009 Posts: 7 Location: India

Hi

This ca be done through a combo of LISTDS & outtrap

LISTDS 'USERID.PS.*'
will list all the DSnames required which can be trapped into an array by OUTTRAP command
Capture the DSNAMES alone from the array and delete them.