The Delete Optical File (DLTOFRDAR) command deletes the specified optical file. This may be a logical or physical optical file. You must delete all logical optical files before you can delete the underlying physical optical file. Deleting the optical file removes the description and access path for the specified optical file. If the optical file is a physical optical file, the data is also removed from the system.

Parameters

Keyword	Description	Choices	Notes
FILE	Optical file	Qualified object name	Required, Positional 1
	Qualifier 1: Optical file	Name
	Qualifier 2: Library	Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB

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Optical file (FILE)

Specifies the name of the optical file to delete.

This is a required parameter.

Qualifier 1: Optical file

name

Specify the name of the optical file to be deleted.

Qualifier 2: Library

*LIBL

All libraries in the job's library list are searched until the first match is found.

*CURLIB

The current library for the job is where the file is located. If no library is specified as the current library for the job, QGPL is used.

name

Specify the name of the library where the optical file is located.

Examples

None

Error messages

*ESCAPE Messages

RDR5416

Optical File &1 not deleted from Library &2.