---
name: "dndel"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dnet-progs"
version: "2.65+b1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dndel"
---

# dndel(1)

Delete a file on a VMS system

## NAME

dndel - Delete a file on a VMS system

## SYNOPSIS

**dndel** \[options\] file-name\
 Options:\
 \[-ivVh\]

## DESCRIPTION

**dndel** deletes files held on VMS systems. The filename parameter may specify a single file or a wildcard (remember to use VMS wildcards).

If you specify  **-i** or **-v** then dndel will open two connections to the VMS machine (much as VMS itself  does). Otherwise it will attempt to use a single connection. One side-effect of this is that the deletion process will fail at the first file that cannot be deleted.

## OPTIONS

- *-i*

  Interactive. Prompt before deleting a file.

- *-v*

  Verbose. Print the names of files that have been deleted

- *-T connect timeout*

  Specifies the maximum amount of time the command will wait to establish a connection with the remote node. a 0 here will cause it to wait forever. The default is 60 seconds

- *-h -?*

  Displays help for using the command.

- *-V*

  Show the version of the tools package that dndel comes from.

## EXAMPLES

  dndel -i 'myvax::oldfile;\*'

  dndel 'tramp"christine pjc123"::interactive'

## SEE ALSO

[**dntype**(1)](/dntype/1.md), [**dndir**(1)](/dndir/1.md), [**dncopy**(1)](/dncopy/1.md), [**dntask**(1)](/dntask/1.md) ,[**dnsubmit**(1)](/dnsubmit/1.md), [**dnprint**(1)](/dnprint/1.md)