Donna... sorry, donna, writes:
> hi all!
>
> i have an account with links in it.  i don't think it
> necessarily matters what kind of link...but just in
> case....the links are at the *group* level  (eg, when the
> account (oh, let's call it 'account' :-) was created, i did
> a 'newlink /ACCOUNT/GROUP,/OTHRACT/OTHRGRP' and in
> 'othract', 'othrgrp' is a real mpe group).
>
> so....if i were to do a 'purgeacct account' what happens to
> the files in othrgrp.othract?  hmmmm?         - d
>

Nothing. Unlike the :PURGE command the :PURGEGROUP, :PURGEACCT, and
:PURGEDIR commands all work on the objects in the directory without opening
them first. This means that when you issue these commands, the directory and
all its contents are removed, without any symbolic links being followed.

The :PURGE command, on the other hand, will purge that target that the link
points to. This is because it first opens the file, which causes the link to
be followed to the target file. When the FCLOSE(purge) is done, it is done
on the target file, not the symbolic link.

I wonder how this works on VMS? ;-)

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