FDELETE

FDELETE

Deletes an external file or an empty directory

CMS specifics: fileref

Syntax

FDELETE('fileref')

fileref: specifies the fileref that you assign to the external file or SFS directory. Single quotation marks around the fileref are required unless the literal fileref name is represented by a macro variable or a data step variable. You can assign filerefs by using the FILENAME statement or the FILENAME function.

To delete a directory, you must have authorization to do so.

In the CMS environment, the fileref cannot be assigned by using a CMS FILEDEF command.

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