Neither the FORTRAN routine FMRM nor the shell commmand rm accept wild-cards in the generic-name. This is deliberate and protects against mis-use such as
rm * or worse rm */*which would remove all files in all directories, subject to the normal protection rules, and generate a lot of work for the servers.
Multiple files can be deleted as shown in the previous FORTRAN example, or via a 2-stage operation in the shell. If, for example, one wished to delete all files belonging to JAMIE, one could type
Using the SEARCH command to prepare a macro
FM>SEARCH */* USER=JAMIE -D OUTPUT=DELETE.KUMAC FM>EXEC DELETE
To approximate to the previous FORTRAN example, one could use
Using the SEARCH command to delete robot tapes
FM>SEARCH //CERN/DELPHI/P01_*/RAWD/NONE/Y90V00/E*/L*/* VID=I* -D _ OUTPUT=DELROB.KUMAC FM>EDIT DELROB | Now add -FU to each line FM>EXEC DELROB
Note that the removal of entries from the catalogue should always be done with extreme care.