[Info-vax] Some questions on software for VMS 7.3 VAX

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On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:39:35 -0800 (PST)
abrsvc via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:

> > How do I delete everything under local? the set file/prot worked but the
> > delete [.local]*.*;* comes back with a lot of messages about various
> > directories that aren't empty.
> > 
> > -- 
> 
> I you are intending o delete the entire tree, execute the following
> command multiple times ignoring the "not empty messages".
> 
> Delete [.local...]*.*;*
> This part=====^^^  will tell DCL to walk down the directory tree and
> delete on the way.  As the lowest branch becomes empty, the directory
> files (.DIR) will be deleted until the command will yield no files to be
> deleted.

Thanks, that worked. Not too terrible! :-)

I'll get back to the main issue over the weekend. Thanks guys.

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