I'll bet PURGEGROUP works.  :-)

Denys

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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Lars Appel
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 7:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Can't :PURGE a file

Mark Landin wrote:

> [QBERT]PUB.SYS:purge odbcview.mdatab15.tdw BAD VARIABLE BLOCK
> STRUCTURE  (FSERR 105) Unable to purge file "ODBCVIEW.MDATAB15.TDW".
> (CIERR 384)

> What are my choices?

You may try PURGELINK or /bin/rm instead of PURGE.

These do not attempt to open the file for purging and should thus not have
an issue with the internal damage of the variable block structure of the
file.

If you just want to get it "ouf of the way", you should be able to rename it
using /bin/mv, e.g.

  :/bin/mv "/TDW/MDATAB15/ODBCVIEW /TDW/MDATAB15/ODBCVIEW.bad"

Lars.

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