For my taste, I'd err on the side of caution and do an INSTALL.  It's
safe :)  and *supported*.

Suspicious of you, Stan? ... ;)

Lee Gunter          [log in to unmask]
Regence HMO Oregon


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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] System file purge question
Author:  Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]> at ~INTERNET
Date:    6/26/97 2:33 PM


Jeff asked:

> Has anyone on the list an idea of what could be done to purge these
> files described in the following question short of what HP
> recommended?
> We have an account called vsys that is a copy of the sys account from
> a previous system.  Now we want to delete the files but certain
> ones, such as CI, JSMAIN, JOB, LOADMAP, IOMAP, SADPAT, START,
>  etc are protected and cannot be purged.  HP recommended a wipe of the
> disk and a reinstall. This is not that serious and we mainly want the disk
space
> back.  Is there anything we can do to purge these files?

<plug>
The newest version of De-Frag/X has an "ALTFILE" command that can remove
the PROTECTED flag from those files.  Of course, we only allow an SM user
to do this, and even then ask for confirmation ... but, we decided to allow
it, because of the real need some people have for this operation.  Yes, you
could
royally foul up your system (e.g., if you unprotect & purge certain files
in PUB.SYS) ... so be careful!
</plug>

(For the suspicious, Jeff didn't plant the question for me to answer...I
happened
to see it and say, gee...this would be easy to add to De-Frag/X, so...I did.)

Stan Sieler
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