By accident, files which reside in the SYS account were restored from tape
into another account (I'll call it the 'accident' account).  This has given
us two copies of files such as SYSGEN.PUB and CI.PUB, one in the normal SYS
account and one in the 'accident' account.  Try as I might,  I cannot purge
many of the files from the 'accident' account, as the OS (MPE/ix 5.5 pp 6)
"knows" that they are system files.  I have tried purging the 'accident'
account, the groups in the 'accident' account, and the files by individual
names.  I have tried altering file characteristics using both MPE and MPEX
commands, and I still can't get the OS to let me purge these files.  A
LISTF,-3 shows the files' security to be off, but the files are labeled
'PROTECTED'.

Does anyone have any ideas about how I can purge these files, perhaps by
changing their characteristics so they are not 'PROTECTED' any longer?

Thanks for whatever ideas you can provide.

Steve Douglass
HP Systems Manager
BFGoodrich Aerospace