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Delete a z/OS file system permanently.

Usage

zowe zos-files delete zos-file-system <fileSystemName> [options]

Positional Arguments

• fileSystemName (string)

  • The name of the z/OS file system that you want to delete.

Required Options

• --for-sure | -f (boolean)

  • Specify this option to confirm that you want to delete the ZFS permanently.

Options

• --ignore-not-found | -i | --inf (boolean)

  • Suppress errors if the z/OS file does not exist.

• --response-timeout | --rto (number)

  • The maximum amount of time in seconds the z/OSMF Files TSO servlet should run before returning a response. Any request exceeding this amount of time will be terminated and return an error. Allowed values: 5 - 600

Zosmf Connection Options

• --host | -H (string)

  • The z/OSMF server host name.

• --port | -P (number)

  • The z/OSMF server port.

    Default value: 443

• --user | -u (string)

  • Mainframe (z/OSMF) user name, which can be the same as your TSO login.

• --password | --pass | --pw (string)

  • Mainframe (z/OSMF) password, which can be the same as your TSO password.

• --reject-unauthorized | --ru (boolean)

  • Reject self-signed certificates.

    Default value: true

• --base-path | --bp (string)

  • The base path for your API mediation layer instance. Specify this option to prepend the base path to all z/OSMF resources when making REST requests. Do not specify this option if you are not using an API mediation layer.

• --protocol (string)

  • The protocol used (HTTP or HTTPS)

    Default value: https
    Allowed values: http, https

• --cert-file (local file path)

  • The file path to a certificate file to use for authentication

• --cert-key-file (local file path)

  • The file path to a certificate key file to use for authentication

• --completion-timeout | --cto (number)

  • The amount in time, in seconds, a REST operation should wait to complete before timing out

• --establish-connection-timeout | --ecto (number)

  • The amount of time, in seconds, a REST operation should wait while connecting to the server before timing out

Profile Options

• --zosmf-profile | --zosmf-p (string)

  • The name of a (zosmf) profile to load for this command execution.

• --base-profile | --base-p (string)

  • The name of a (base) profile to load for this command execution.

Base Connection Options

• --token-type | --tt (string)

  • The type of token to get and use for the API. Omit this option to use the default token type, which is provided by 'zowe auth login'.

• --token-value | --tv (string)

  • The value of the token to pass to the API.

Examples

• Delete the z/OS file system 'HLQ.MYNEW.ZFS':

  • zowe zos-files delete zos-file-system "HLQ.MYNEW.ZFS" --for-sure Copy

• Quietly delete a z/OS file, suppressing errors if the file doesn't exist:

  • zowe zos-files delete zos-file-system "HLQ.MYNEW.ZFS" --for-sure --ignore-not-found Copy