VMS Help PASCAL, Predeclared Routines, Misc, DELETE_FILE  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  The DELETE_FILE procedure deletes one or more files.

  Syntax:

     DELETE_FILE( file_name [, error_return] )

  The 'file-name' specification can contain an explicit device and
  directory name, plus it must contain a file name, a file type or
  extension, and  a  version  number.   If  you  omit  either  the
  directory  or  device name, Compaq Pascal uses the directory you
  are  working  in  at  the  time  of  program   execution.    The
  'error_return'  parameter  returns  an  error  recovery  code if
  specified.