| Where allowed to run: All environments (*ALL) Threadsafe: No |
Parameters Examples Error messages |
The Delete Menu (DLTMNU) command deletes the specified menu from the system.
Note: This command also allows you to delete the display files and message files associated with a Display File (*DSPF) menu, or to delete the program associated with a Program (*PGM) menu.
Restrictions:
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| Keyword | Description | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENU | Menu | Qualified object name | Required, Positional 1 |
| Qualifier 1: Menu | Generic name, name | ||
| Qualifier 2: Library | Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB, *USRLIBL, *ALL, *ALLUSR | ||
| DLTREFOBJ | Delete referenced objects | Single values: *NONE, *ALL Other values (up to 3 repetitions): *DSPF, *MSGF, *PGM |
Optional |
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Specifies the menu or menus to be deleted.
This is a required parameter.
Qualifier 1: Menu
Qualifier 2: Library
#CGULIB #DSULIB #SEULIB #COBLIB #RPGLIB #DFULIB #SDALIB
Although the following Qxxx libraries are provided by IBM, they typically contain user data that changes frequently. Therefore, these libraries are considered user libraries and are also searched:
QDSNX QRCLxxxxx QUSRDIRDB QUSRVI QGPL QSRVAGT QUSRIJS QUSRVxRxMx QGPL38 QSYS2 QUSRINFSKR QMGTC QSYS2xxxxx QUSRNOTES QMGTC2 QS36F QUSROND QMPGDATA QUSER38 QUSRPOSGS QMQMDATA QUSRADSM QUSRPOSSA QMQMPROC QUSRBRM QUSRPYMSVR QPFRDATA QUSRDIRCF QUSRRDARS QRCL QUSRDIRCL QUSRSYS
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Specifies that the display file, message file, or program objects referred to by the menu are to be deleted. Only TYPE(*DSPF) menus can refer to a display file or a message file and only TYPE(*PGM) menus can refer to a program.
Note: The current and product libraries that are specified for the menu are not used to find and delete objects.
Single values
Other values (up to 3 repetitions)
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Example 1: Deleting the Menu Only
DLTMNU MENU(FINLIB/ARMENU)
This command deletes the menu named ARMENU from the library named FINLIB.
Example 2: Deleting the Display and Message File
DLTMNU MENU(EXLIB/TEST) DLTREFOBJ(*DSPF *MSGF)
This command deletes the menu named TEST from the library named EXLIB. It also deletes the display file and message file associated with the menu named TEST.
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*ESCAPE Messages
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