The Delete Module (DLTMOD) command deletes a compiled module or group of modules. If the module is associated with a binding directory, the entry in the binding directory for this module is not valid after deletion.

Restrictions:

• You must have object existence (*OBJEXIST) authority to the module and execute (*EXECUTE) authority to the library in which the module is stored.

Parameters

Keyword	Description	Choices	Notes
MODULE	Module	Qualified object name	Required, Positional 1
	Qualifier 1: Module	Generic name, name
	Qualifier 2: Library	Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB, *USRLIBL, *ALL, *ALLUSR

Top

Module (MODULE)

Specifies the modules to be deleted. A specific module or a generic module can be specified; either type can be optionally qualified by specifying a library name.

Note: To remove all module objects for a specific library, you can use RMVLNK OBJLNK('QSYS.LIB/libname.LIB/*.MODULE'), where libname is the name of the library from which all modules are to be deleted. See the RMVLNK command for more information.

This is a required parameter.

Qualifier 1: Module

generic-name

Specify the generic name of the modules to be deleted. A generic name is a character string of one or more characters followed by an asterisk (*); for example, ABC*. If a generic name is specified, then all modules with names that begin with the generic name, and for which the user has authority, are deleted. If an asterisk is not included with the generic (prefix) name, the system assumes it to be the complete module name.

name

Specify the name of the module to be deleted.

Qualifier 2: Library

*LIBL

All libraries in the library list for the current thread are searched until the first match is found.

*CURLIB

The current library for the job is searched. If no library is specified as the current library for the job, the QGPL library is used.

*USRLIBL

Only the libraries in the user portion of the job's library list are searched.

*ALL

All libraries in the system, including QSYS, are searched.

*ALLUSR

All user libraries are searched. All libraries with names that do not begin with the letter Q are searched except for the following:

#CGULIB     #DSULIB     #SEULIB
#COBLIB     #RPGLIB
#DFULIB     #SDALIB

Although the following Qxxx libraries are provided by IBM, they typically contain user data that changes frequently. Therefore, these libraries are considered user libraries and are also searched:

QDSNX       QRCLxxxxx   QUSRIJS     QUSRVxRxMx
QGPL        QSRVAGT     QUSRINFSKR
QGPL38      QSYS2       QUSRNOTES
QMGTC       QSYS2xxxxx  QUSROND
QMGTC2      QS36F       QUSRPOSGS
QMPGDATA    QUSER38     QUSRPOSSA
QMQMDATA    QUSRADSM    QUSRPYMSVR
QMQMPROC    QUSRBRM     QUSRRDARS
QPFRDATA    QUSRDIRCL   QUSRSYS
QRCL        QUSRDIRDB   QUSRVI

1. 'xxxxx' is the number of a primary auxiliary storage pool (ASP).
2. A different library name, in the format QUSRVxRxMx, can be created by the user for each previous release supported by IBM to contain any user commands to be compiled in a CL program for the previous release. For the QUSRVxRxMx user library, VxRxMx is the version, release, and modification level of a previous release that IBM continues to support.

name

Specify the name of the library to be searched.

Examples

DLTMOD   MODULE(XYZ/M*)

This command deletes all modules in library XYZ that begin with the letter M.

Error messages

*ESCAPE Messages

CPF2105

Object &1 in &2 type *&3 not found.

CPF2110

Library &1 not found.

CPF2113

Cannot allocate library &1.

CPF2114

Cannot allocate object &1 in &2 type *&3.

CPF2117

&4 objects type *&3 deleted. &5 objects not deleted.

CPF2125

No objects deleted.

CPF2160

Object type *&1 not eligible for requested function.

CPF2176

Library &1 damaged.

CPF2182

Not authorized to library &1.

CPF2189

Not authorized to object &1 in &2 type *&3.

CPFA030

Object already in use.

CPFE007

Error occurred processing command.

CPF9803

Cannot allocate object &2 in library &3.