FDELETE

FDELETE

Deletes an external file

OS/390 specifics: fileref

Syntax
Details
Example
See Also

Syntax

FDELETE (fileref)

fileref: identifies an external file. The fileref must have been previously associated with a sequential file, a PDS, a PDSE, or a UNIX System Services file using a FILENAME statement or FILENAME function. The fileref cannot represent a concatenation of multiple files.

Details

If the fileref specified with FDELETE is associated with a UNIX System Services directory, PDS, or PDSE, then that directory, PDS, or PDSE must be empty. The user that calls FDELETE must also have appropriate privilege to delete the directory or file.

Example

filename delfile 'myfile.test';
  data _null_;
  rc=fdelete('delfile');
  run;

See Also

SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

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