>> 
>> Its necessary to specify the server and partition when removing a
>> readonly.  Perhaps the syntax is how it is since it would be difficult
>> to write the syntax (not the code, just the help syntax) for sometimes
>> optional -server -partition switches.
>> 
>> -->  vos help remove
>> vos remove: delete a volume 
>> Usage: vos remove [?-server <machine name>?] [?-partition <partition name>?] 
>> -id <volume name or ID> [-f ] [-cell <cell name>] [-noauth ]
>> [-localauth ] [-verbose ] [-help ] 
>> 
>> The DFS command parser is more sophisticated than the AFS command
>> parser, but I'm not sure it could handle this instance either.  
>> 
>> Lame excuse perhaps.  I'm not claiming its the real one.  Just a
>> thought.  
>> 
>> Pierette VanRyzin
>> Transarc Educational Services

The obvious solution is to change the order on the command line.

%% vos help remove
vos remove: delete a volume 
Usage: vos remove -id <volume name or ID> [-server <machine name> ]
  [-partition <partition name> ] [-f ] [-cell <cell name>] [-noauth ]
  [-localauth ] [-verbose ] [-help ] 

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