To remove a PDS or PDSE, first make sure that the PDS or PDSE is empty. You can delete all members under the directory using the rm UNIX command. Then use the rmdir (remove directory) UNIX command. This example removes the datalib directory, and confirms its removal by a failed try to query it (ls is the UNIX list files command).

$ ls -F /u/smith/mnt/datalib
data1* data2* data3*
$ rm /u/smith/mnt/datalib/*
$ rmdir /u/smith/mnt/datalib
$ ls -F /u/smith/mnt/datalib
/u/smith/mnt/datalib not found