.-ERASE---.   
>>-+---------+-------------------------------------------------><
   '-NOERASE-'   

Default

ERASE

Abbreviations

None

Restrictions

This option is not allowed on *PROCESS statements.

This option can only be specified when you use the ASMAHL command on CMS.

ERASE

Specifies that the existing files with a file name the same as the file name on the ASMAHL command, and a file type of LISTING, TEXT, and SYSADATA, are to be deleted before the assembly is run. Only files on the disk on which the assembler writes the new listing, object, and associated data files are deleted.

NOERASE

Specifies that the existing LISTING, TEXT, and SYSADATA files are not to be deleted before the assembly is run.