DELETE - delete a file

Basic form

DELETE DATASET dsn.

Effect

Deletes the file specified in the field dsn .

The return code value is set as follows:

SY-SUBRC = 0 File deleted.

SY_SUBRC = 4 File does not exist or could not be deleted.
Possible reasons:
1) The file does not exist. 2) The file is a directory. 3) The R/3 System has no search authorization
for a component of the file name. 4) The R/3 System has no search authorization
for the directory which contains the file. 5) A component of the search path is not a
directory. 6) The file is a symbolic link which cannot be
resolved (endless loop ?). 7) The file is a program which is currently
running.
Related OPEN DATASET , READ DATASET , CLOSE .

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