RM

RM
RMDIR

Support Command

This command deletes one or more files or directories.

This command uses an operating system command to delete one or more files or one or more directories.

For Unix/Linux/MacOS systems, the RM command issues a

rm ....

command to the operating system and the RMDIR command issues a

rm -r ...

command to the operating system.

For Windows systems, the RM command issues an

ERASE ....

command to the operating system and the RMDIR command issues a

DELTRE ...

command to the operating system.

The RMDIR command will remove any files or sub-directories under the directory being removed.

The string that follows the RM or RMDIR on the command line is passed to the operating system as is. Dataplot does no error checking of this string.

This command should be used with caution so that files are not accidentally deleted.

This is a system dependent command. It is currently supported for Unix/Linux/MacOS and Windows platforms.

RM <file-list>
where <file-list> is a string containing a list of one or more files to delete.

RMDIR <file-list>
where <file-list> is a string containing a list of one or more directories to delete.

RM *.ps
RM macro.out macro.ps macro.pdf
RMDIR macros tmp

The RM capability can be implemented by direct use of the SYSTEM command. For example, under Linux do something like
system rm junk*.out

The motivation for adding this as a separate command is to allow the capability to be implemented in an operating system independent way. This can be useful when writing general purpose macros that may be used on different operating systems.

None

None (DELETE and ERASE were not added as synonyms as these commands are already used in Dataplot)

Dataplot does no checking to ensure that a valid file name or directory name was specified. The entered string is passed to the operating system as entered.

File names are case sensitive on Unix/Linux/MacOS file systems. For this reason, case is preserved in passing the file list to the operating system.

SYSTEM	=	Enter an operating system command within a Dataplot session.
CD	=	Change the current working directory.
PWD	=	Retrieve the current working directory.
MKDIR	=	Create a new directory
RM	=	Delete one or more files.
DIR	=	List the contents of a directory.
CAT	=	List the contents of a file.

Interactive Usage

2019/09

 
. Automatically convert Postscript output to PDF and then
. delete the original Postscript file
.
SKIP 25
READ BERGER1.DAT Y X
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SET POSTSCRIPT CONVERT PDF
SET IPL1NA PLOT.PS
CHARACTER X
LINE BLANK
.
PLOT Y X
.
DEVICE 2 CLOSE
RM PLOT.PS