Gilles Schipper wrote:
>To purge a PRIV file, try this:
>
>:FILE T=$NULL
>:STORE privfilename;*t;SHOW;PURGE
>
>This works on 5.0. For 4.0 or earlier, I believe you cannot use a NULL file
>equation for the tape. It should work if you use a real (or is it reel)
>tape.
 
for 4.0, simply add ;TRANSPORT to the :STORE command. CMSTORE has always
supported storing to $NULL. It's just NMSTORE/TURBOSTORE that didn't
support it until 5.0.
 
Of course if it is a big file, you probably have to wait a while as it
writes all the data out to $NULL before purging your file.
 
G.