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Delete a data set or data set member permanently

Usage

zowe zos-files delete data-set <dataSetName> [options]

Positional Arguments

• dataSetName (string)

  • The name of the data set that you want to delete

Required Options

• --for-sure | -f (boolean)

  • Specify this option to confirm that you want to delete the data set permanently.

Options

• --volume | --vol (string)

  • The volume serial (VOLSER) where the data set resides. The option is required only when the data set is not catalogued on the system.

Zosmf Connection Options

• --host | -H (string)

  • The z/OSMF server host name.

• --port | -P (number)

  • The z/OSMF server port.

    Default value: 443

• --user | -u (string)

  • Mainframe (z/OSMF) user name, which can be the same as your TSO login.

• --password | --pass | --pw (string)

  • Mainframe (z/OSMF) password, which can be the same as your TSO password.

• --reject-unauthorized | --ru (boolean)

  • Reject self-signed certificates.

    Default value: true

• --base-path | --bp (string)

  • The base path for your API mediation layer instance. Specify this option to prepend the base path to all z/OSMF resources when making REST requests. Do not specify this option if you are not using an API mediation layer.

Profile Options

• --zosmf-profile | --zosmf-p (string)

  • The name of a (zosmf) profile to load for this command execution.

Examples

• Delete the data set named 'ibmuser.cntl':

  • zowe zos-files delete data-set "ibmuser.cntl" -f Copy

• Delete the data set member named 'ibmuser.cntl(mem)':

  • zowe zos-files delete data-set "ibmuser.cntl(mem)" -f Copy