Delete Print Descriptor Group (DLTPDG)

The Delete Print Descriptor Group (CRTPDG) command deletes an object of type *PDG which contains information about a print descriptor group and where any associated print descriptor names are stored.

Restriction:

You must have *OBJEXIST authority to the print descriptor group (PDG).

Parameters

Keyword Description Choices Notes
PDG Print descriptor group Qualified object name Required, Positional 1
Qualifier 1: Print descriptor group Generic name, name
Qualifier 2: Library Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB, *USRLIBL, *ALL, *ALLUSR

Print descriptor group (PDG)

Specifies the name and library of the print descriptor group (PDG) to be deleted.

The possible PDG values are:

print-descriptor-group-name
Specify the name of the PDG to delete.
generic*-print-descriptor-group-name
Specify the generic name of the PDG to delete. All PDGs that match the generic pattern are deleted.

The possible library values are:

*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, QGPL is used.
*USRLIBL
If a current library entry exists in the library list for the current thread, the current library and the libraries in the user portion of the library list are searched. If there is no current library entry, only the libraries in the user portion of the library list 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   QUSRDIRDB   QUSRVI
QGPL        QSRVAGT     QUSRIJS     QUSRVxRxMx
QGPL38      QSYS2       QUSRINFSKR
QMGTC       QSYS2xxxxx  QUSRNOTES
QMGTC2      QS36F       QUSROND
QMPGDATA    QUSER38     QUSRPOSGS
QMQMDATA    QUSRADSM    QUSRPOSSA
QMQMPROC    QUSRBRM     QUSRPYMSVR
QPFRDATA    QUSRDIRCF   QUSRRDARS
QRCL        QUSRDIRCL   QUSRSYS

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

The possible values are:

print-descriptor-group-name
Specify the name of the print descriptor group to be deleted.
generic*-name
Specify the generic name of the print descriptor group being 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 print descriptor groups with names that begin with the generic name, and for which the user has authority, are shown. If an asterisk is not included with the generic (prefix) name, the system assumes it to be the complete print descriptor group name. For more information on the use of generic names, refer to the CL topic collection in the Programming category in the IBM i Information Center at http://www.ibm.com/systems/i/infocenter/ book.

Examples 

DLTPDG   PDG(P3820*)

This command deletes all print descriptor groups that start with P3820*.

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.
CPF2176
Library &1 damaged.
CPF2182
Not authorized to library &1.
CPF2189
Not authorized to object &1 in &2 type *&3.