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1 <refentry id="deldir">
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2 <refnamediv>
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3 <refname>DELDIR</refname>
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4 <refpurpose>Delete All Files In a Directory System</refpurpose>
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5 </refnamediv>
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6
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7 <refsynopsisdiv>
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8 <cmdsynopsis>
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9 <command>DELDIR</command>
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10 <arg choice="plain">
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11 &replstart;directory name&replend;
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12 </arg>
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13 </cmdsynopsis>
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14 </refsynopsisdiv>
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15
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16 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
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17 <para>
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18 This command is a convenient alternative to manually deleting
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19 directories and files they contain. It is only used when
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20 <emphasis>all</emphasis> files in the directory system are to be deleted.
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21 </para>
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22 <para>
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23 When DELDIR is run, it prints a prompt message like this:
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24 </para>
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25 <screen>
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26 OS9: deldir OLDFILES
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27 Deleting directory file.
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28 List directory, delete directory, or quit ? (l/d/q)
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29 </screen>
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30 <para>
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31 An "l" response will cause a "dir e" command to be run so you can
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32 have an opportunity to see the files in the directory before they
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33 are deleted.
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34 </para>
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35 <para>
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36 A "d" response will initiate the process of deleting files.
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37 </para>
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38 <para>
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39 A "q" response will abort the command before action is taken.
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40 </para>
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41 <para>
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42 The directory to be deleted may include directory files, which
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43 may themselves include directory files, etc. In this case, DELDIR
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44 operates recursively (e.g., it calls itself) so all lower-level
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45 directories are deleted as well. In this case the lower-level
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46 directories are processed first.
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47 </para>
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48 <para>
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49 You must have correct access permission to delete all files and
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50 directories encountered. If not, DELDIR will abort upon
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51 encountering the first file for which you do not have write
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52 permission.
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53 </para>
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54 <para>
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55 The DELDIR command automatically calls the DIR and ATTR
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56 commands, so they both must reside in the current execution
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57 directory.
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58 </para>
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59 </refsect1>
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60 </refentry>
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