PURGELINK

This command remo ves a link.

SYNTAX

PURGELINK 2 LINK= 3linkname

PARAMETERS

 

linkname

This represents the name of a sym bolic link ￿le. All rules

 

regarding ￿le name speci￿cation apply to this parameter.

 

This is a required parameter. Wildcarding is not allo wed.

 

Use of ￿le equations in place of linkname is not allowed.

OPERATION

A symbolic link is a special ￿le that can poin t to a ￿le, group, accoun t, or directory. Links are established through the NEWLINK command, and they are removed through the PURGELINK command.

The PURGELINK command may be issued from a session, job, program, or in BREAK. PURGELINK requires Traverse Directory (TD) and Delete Directory entry (DD) permissions.

EXAMPLE

For the following examples assume that a user is curren tly logged on as USER1 in the group SAFE.COMP ANY.

To remove the link /COMPANY/SAFE/PAYROLL, enter the following command:

:PUREGLINK PAYROLL

To remove the link /dira/scripts, enter the following command: :PURGELINK /dira/scripts

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