.. _section3.1.7:

3.1.7 - Delete Update Information
=================================


.. _DL:

Action Option -**DL** (-**Delete**) (Aliases: -**RM**, -**Remove**) :
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

(Alias: -RM|-Remove) deletes one or more update control,
local file, or remote file records from GDEXDB.

| **dsupdt** [[:ref:`-(DS|Dataset) <DS>`] dNNNNNN] -(DL|Delete) [:ref:`Mode Option <mode3.1.7>`]
|           :ref:`-(CI|ControlIndex) <CI>` UpdateControlIndices
|           [:ref:`-(DB|Debug) <DB>` DebugModeInfo]
|        or

| **dsupdt** [[:ref:`-(DS|Dataset) <DS>`] dNNNNNN] -(DL|Delete) [:ref:`Mode Option <mode3.1.7>`]
|           :ref:`-(LI|LocalIndex) <LI>` LocalFileIndices
|           [:ref:`-(DB|Debug) <DB>` DebugModeInfo]
|        or

| **dsupdt** [[:ref:`-(DS|Dataset) <DS>`] dNNNNNN] -(DL|Delete) [:ref:`Mode Option <mode3.1.7>`]
|           :ref:`-(LI|LocalIndex) <LI>` LocalFileIndices
|           :ref:`-(RF|RemoteFile) <RF>` RemoteFileNames
|           [:ref:`-(DO|DownloadOrder) <DO>` DownloadOrderIndices]
|           [:ref:`-(DB|Debug) <DB>` DebugModeInfo]

Available :ref:`Mode option <section4>`:

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   * - :ref:`-(MD|MyDataset) <MD>`
     - deletes records regardless of dataset ownership

Provide a control index to delete an update control record. Provide a
local file index to delete a local file record together with all of its
associated remote file records. To delete only a specific remote file
record, provide both the local file index and the remote file name.



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