If you select option D, you must specify a partitioned data set and a member name or pattern. Option D prevents you from deleting a PDS member that any user is currently editing.

If you have selected Confirm Member Delete on the Library Utility panel (ISRUDA1), then you are asked to confirm your intention to delete this member. Note that Confirm Delete is forced on when deleting members by pattern.

Where the member to be deleted is the name of a primary member, the primary name and all associated alias names are deleted. Where the member is an alias member, only the alias name and its directory entry are deleted.

Where a member pattern has been specified, these rules apply:

• All primary members whose name matches the member pattern are deleted.
• All aliases that are associated with a primary member whose name matches the member pattern are deleted, even if the alias name itself does not match the member pattern.
• All aliases whose name matches the member pattern are deleted, even if the alias is associated with a primary member whose name does not match the member pattern.