Safeguard Reference Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+ )

Group Commands
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DELETE GROUP Command
DELETE GROUP Command
The DELETE GROUP command deletes group definition records for specified groups.
You can specify groups by either group name or group number in a DELETE GROUP
command, but you cannot mix names and numbers within the same command. If you
specify group names, they can contain wild-card characters.
A group cannot be deleted if it contains members. You must remove all members from
a group before you can delete that group record.
The owner of a group definition record, the owner’s group manager, and the super ID
can delete that group record.
[ NAME ] name-list
specifies the name of the group or groups to be altered.
name-list
specifies one or more groups for which definition records are to be deleted.
The name-list can contain up to 32 entries.
name-list can be either of:
group-name
( group-name [ , group-name ] ... )
group-name
can be any group name. The name can contain wild-card characters.
NUMBER num-list
specifies the numeric ID of the group or groups to be altered. The num-list can
contain up to 32 entries.
num-list
specifies one or more groups for which definition records are to be altered.
num-list can be either of:
group-num
( group-num[ , group-num] ... )
group-num
can be any group number. Wild-card characters are not valid in a
group-num.
DELETE GROUP { [ NAME ] name-list | NUMBER num-list }