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.