Measure Reference Manual

DELETE MEASUREMENT
The DELETE MEASUREMENT command deletes one or more measurement data files from the set
of those accessible by MEASCOM.
Syntax
DELETE [ MEASUREMENT ] data-file [ , data-file ] ...
MEASUREMENT
is optional if you specified MEASUREMENT as the default command object by using the
ASSUME command.
data-file
is the name of the measurement data file to be deleted. To indicate all accessible data files,
use an asterisk (*).
Related Command
PageFunctionCommand
45Makes a measurement data file accessibleADD MEASUREMENT
Usage Note
Use this command to discontinue access to data files you are not using. Deleting a measurement
saves system resources by stopping the file-handling process (MEASFH) associated with the
measurement and releasing the temporary structures maintained for the data file.
Example
To make two data files accessible by MEASCOM and subsequently make $DATA.MEAS.MAY03
inaccessible:
+ ADD MEASUREMENT $DATA.MEAS.MAY03
+ ADD MEASUREMENT $DATA.MEAS.MAY04
.
.
.
+ DELETE MEASUREMENT $DATA.MEAS.MAY03
DELETE PLOT
The DELETE PLOT command deletes counters from the current plot description.
Syntax
DELETE [ PLOT ] counter [ ( char ) ] [ , counter [ ( char ) ] ... ]
PLOT
is optional if you specified PLOT as the default command object by using the ASSUME command.
counter
For all entity types except PROCESSH and USERDEF, COUNTER is the name of the counter to
delete. Use an asterisk (*) to indicate all counters in the plot description.
For the PROCESSH entity type, counter is a procedure name. To delete all PROCESSH
procedures, specify counter as CODE-RANGE.
For the USERDEF entity type, counter is the user-defined counter name. To delete all
user-defined counters, specify counter as NAME.
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