Deletes a form (for printer or terminal queues) previously established with the DEFINE/FORM command. The /FORM qualifier is required.

Requires OPER (operator) privilege.

Format

DELETE/FORM form-name

Parameter

form-name

Specifies the name of the form to be deleted.

Description

The DELETE/FORM command deletes a form definition from the system forms table. When you delete a form, there can be no outstanding references to the form either in queues that have been mounted with the form or by jobs requesting that form. To locate all references to the form, use the SHOW QUEUE/FULL command.

To modify a form's name or number, you must delete and redefine the form. Values for any DEFINE/FORM qualifier can be modified by reentering the DEFINE/FORM command with different values, as long as the form name and number remain the same.

Qualifier

/LOG

/NOLOG (default)

Controls whether the DELETE/FORM command displays the name of each form after its deletion.

Examples

$ DELETE/FORM CENTER
      

The DELETE/FORM command in this example deletes the form named CENTER.

$ DEFINE/FORM -
_$ /DESCRIPTION="letter size continuous form paper" CFLET 7
   .
   .
   .
$ DELETE/FORM CFLET
$ DEFINE/FORM -
_$ /DESCRIPTION="letter size continuous form paper" LETTER_CONT 7
      

The DEFINE/FORM command in this example establishes the form CFLET with number 7 to mean continuous-form paper 8.5 inches by 11 inches. To change the name of the form, delete the form named CFLET and define a new one named LETTER_CONT.