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PURGEGROUP
The PURGEGROUP command enables a system administrator or account manager
to remove a group from an account. The command automatically removes all
files that belong to the group that is being purged.
Syntax
PURGEGROUP groupname[.acctname]
Parameters
groupname Specifies the name of the group in the logon
account to be removed. This name must contain from
one to eight alphanumeric characters, beginning
with an alphabetic character.
acctname Specifies the account where the group is located.
System manager (SM) capability is required to use
this parameter.
Operation Notes
* Usage
You can enter this command from a session, a job, a program, or in
break mode. Pressing Break does not affect this command.
You must have system manager (SM) or account manager (AM)
capability to enter this command.
* When to purge a group
To completely purge a group, you must enter PURGEGROUP when the
group and its files are inactive; otherwise, the group remains on
the system and only inactive files are purged.
* Purge verification
When you enter PURGEGROUP during a session, the system displays
the following verification prompt to ensure that you do not
accidentally purge the wrong group:
GROUP groupname TO BE PURGED?
No verification message is printed when you include the PURGEGROUP
command within a job.
* Order of purged elements
Group elements are purged by files first, then the group. If no
files in the group are in use, and the group itself is not in use,
the PURGEGROUP command removes the entire group, otherwise, only
inactive files are removed. To completely purge the group in this
case, reenter the PURGEGROUP command when neither the group nor
its files are in use.
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CAUTION Do not attempt to purge the PUB group of the SYS account.
You cannot completely purge the public group of the
system account, PUB.SYS. If you specify this group in the
groupname parameter, all nonsystem and inactive files are
purged, which seriously impairs the proper functioning of
the entire system.
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Example
* To purge a group named EXCESS, enter:
:PURGEGROUP EXCESS
GROUP EXCESS TO BE PURGED? (YES/NO)YES
:
Related Commands
LISTGROUP
NEWGROUP
PURGEACCT
PURGEUSER