Function
Puts the object program into a deleted state and deletes the current core image.
Format
DELETE text
The text may be up to 40 characters long. Excess characters will be lost.
Forbidden contexts
NO CORE IMAGE, PROGRAM
(Note that DELETE is not allowed when a break-in occurs during a command issued by an object program.)
As a result of the command the context changes to NO CORE IMAGE.
Execution
The DELETE command generates a pseudo program event of the category DELETED. The category of the event and the text, if any, specified in the command are written to the monitoring file system as output of the OBJECT category. The text is also set up as the current program event message together with the category (DELETED) and the member number of the current program member. The current core image is deleted, but the display message is not cleared.
If DELETE is issued during a break-in and the break-in occurred while the object program was running, this run of the program will be terminated. This means that when the break-in finishes the job will return to command level as if a program event had occurred.
Example
DELETE JOBNO5 IS DELETED OWING TO PERIPH FAIL
Error Messages
None