DNDEL(1)						      General Commands Manual							  DNDEL(1)

NAME

       dndel - Delete a file on a VMS system

SYNOPSIS

       dndel [options] file-name
       Options:
       [-ivVh]

DESCRIPTION

       dndel deletes files held on VMS systems. The filename parameter may specify a single file or a wildcard (remember to use VMS wildcards).

       If you specify -i or -v then dndel will open two connections to the VMS machine (much as VMS itself does). Otherwise it will attempt to use
       a single connection. One side-effect of this is that the deletion process will fail at the first file that cannot be deleted.

OPTIONS

       -i     Interactive. Prompt before deleting a file.

       -v     Verbose. Print the names of files that have been deleted

       -T connect timeout
	      Specifies the maximum amount of time the command will wait to establish a connection with the remote node. a 0 here will cause it to
	      wait forever. The default is 60 seconds

       -h -?  Displays help for using the command.

       -V     Show the version of the tools package that dndel comes from.

EXAMPLES

	 dndel -i 'myvax::oldfile;*'

	 dndel 'tramp"christine pjc123"::interactive'

SEE ALSO

       dntype(1), dndir(1), dncopy(1), dntask(1) ,dnsubmit(1), dnprint(1)

DECnet utilities						  October 2 1998							  DNDEL(1)