DEL
Rewritten May 2023
DEL <spec> {switches}
DEL deletes a module from user memory. Modules are loaded into memory either explicitly by the LOAD command (which see for more details about user memory), or implicitly, as the result of running a program.
Parameters
spec
specifies the name.ext of the module. Note that modules loaded into user memory do not have device or PPN attributes. The wildcard * may be used for either the name or extension; a single * by itself is equivalent to *.*
Switches
/unlock or /force
clears the lock flag (set by the LOAD /lock switch), allowing the module to be deleted
Example
.LOAD BAS:CSV2XL.SBX
.LOAD DSK2:RUNSBX.SBX[200,1]
.LOAD SYS:COPY.LIT/LOCK
.MAP
PCTDVG.IFX 652 P
CSV2XL.SBX 117894 P
RUNSBX.SBX 120 P
COPY.LIT 31932 LP
Free 4290755
.DEL
PCTDVG.IFX
CSV2XL.SBX
RUNSBX.SBX
.DEL COPY.*/UNLOCK
COPY.LIT
In the above example, we used LOAD to load three modules, one of them with the /LOCK option, and then displayed them with the MAP command. The PCVTDV.IFX module was already in memory. The DEL * command deleted all but the locked module, while the second DEL command with the /UNLOCK switch deleted it.
See Also:
| • | LOAD: load modules into memory |
| • | MAP: display memory modules and memory available |
| • | MEMORY.LIT: change memory size |
| • | MX_USRDEL: delete memory modules from with application |
