Having unsuccessfully searched: - the IBM VM Download library, - the IBMVM archives at: http://listserv.uark.edu/archives/ibmvm.html (which did refer to SFSL.VMARC but which appears to have gone missing), - and found google amazingly helpless, I turn to the good members of this list...
Before I go off and write a new exec, does anyone already have a well-crafted exec to erase an SFS directory, all it's files, all its sub-directories, and all their files? Before beginning to write it. I'd envision syntax something like: cmd_name filepool:dirname.subdirname.and.so.on (QUIET or cmd_name dirname.subdirname.and.so.on (QUIET both of those would require full specification down to the lowest directory and then erase back up to and including the top directory. It could only work as long as there were no other subdirectories hung of any directory listed. or cmd_name filepool:dirname.* (QUIET or cmd_name dirname.* (QUIET In this case, it would search our the lowest directory, and erase back up to and including the top directory. A very powerful, useful, and scary command. Caveat emptor! If QUIET were not specified, it would issue a warning and prompt along the lines of: WARNING! n directories will be erased nn files will be erased Continue? Reply: Yes, 1, No, or 0 It shouldn't be very hard to write, and it seems an obvious need. So before re-inventing this particular wheel, does anyone already have their own "wheel" that they'd care to share? We're fairly new to SFS, so someone else has probably already dealt with this and knows the trip-wire locations. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail.
