Safeguard Reference Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+ )
Disk-File Security Commands
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DELETE DISKFILE-PATTERN Command
DELETE DISKFILE-PATTERN Command
DELETE DISKFILE-PATTERN deletes the pattern authorization record for a diskfile 
pattern.
The owner of a diskfile pattern, the primary owner’s group manager, the local super ID, 
and any user with OWNER authority on the ACL can delete a diskfile-pattern 
authorization record. 
pattern-spec-list
shall be the same as the corresponding non-pattern object types. That is, a 
PATTERN-SPEC-LIST is a comma separated list of one or more PATTERN-SPEC 
attributes. ( pattern-spec [ , pattern-spec ] . . . )
pattern-spec
are the characters that define the pattern that describe a set of objects. The 
PATTERN-SPEC for a diskfile pattern shall be a fully qualified diskfile name 
that contains at least one wildcard in either the subvolume or file name 
component, comprised of these three components:
•
A volume name, which will include only valid volume characters; that is, 
wildcard characters are not part of the pattern, and if present, imply a one-
dimensional search.
•
A subvolume name, which may include wildcard characters and valid 
subvolume characters.
•
A file name, which may include wildcard characters and valid file name 
characters.
WHERE option-list
specifies that only disk files in filename-list that have WARNING-MODE set 
are to be altered.
option-list has the form:
[ ( ] option [ OR option ] [ ) ]
option
can be:
WARNING-MODE
DELETE DISKFILE-PATTERN pattern-spec-list
[ , ] [ ALL ] [ WHERE option-list ]










