VMS Help DELETE, file  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    Deletes one or more files from a mass storage disk volume.

    Requires delete (D) access to the file and write (W) access to
    the parent directory. If the target file is itself a directory,
    the directory must be empty.

    Format

      DELETE  filespec[,...]

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