Operation: Delete an entry. In this example, a non-VSAM data set is deleted.

Known:

• The name of the data set to be deleted is EXAMPLE.NONVSAM.
• The prefix in the profile is D27UCAT.
• Your user ID is D27UCAT.

delete example.nonvsam scratch nonvsam

The DELETE command deletes the non-VSAM data set (D27UCAT.EXAMPLE.NONVSAM). Because the catalog in which the entry resides is assumed not to be password protected, the CATALOG operand is not required to delete the non-VSAM entry.

SCRATCH removes the VTOC entry of the non-VSAM data set. Because FILE is not coded, the volume that contains D27UCAT.EXAMPLE.NONVSAM is dynamically allocated.

NONVSAM ensures the entry being deleted is a non-VSAM data set. However, DELETE can still find and delete a non-VSAM data set if NONVSAM is omitted.