can we use cl programming to update or delete physical files

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can we use cl programming to update or delete physical files..

Answer / uday bagadi

yes we can update data-base file through cl400 simply we write upddta command in cl pgm and give the data -base file name lib name and member name it directly give the update mode of this file.and same as we write deletf command in cl pgm

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can we use cl programming to update or delete physical files..

Answer / manish verma

Updation of any file is not possible through CL but if you
want to delete a file u can definately do it by using the
command remove member RMVM

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