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Can i delete more than 2 or 3 datasets using the execute command activity. i know to delete one dataset by giving "orchadmin rm -f" in command line adn "controlfile.ds" in parameter. but can i delete 2 or 3 datasets in a single execute command

Only by constructing a multiple command pipeline. Alternatively (and better, I believe) construct a shell script containing the required commands and execute that.
You can also include other commands (such as echo) to report the results of the individual commands based on their exit status ($?) and to force the script to return successfully (exit 0).

Maybe I am terrably wrong here but I remember myself doing the same thing just putting the filenames after eachother in one file command....


orchadmin rm -f controlfile1.ds controlfile2.ds controlfile3.ds

Note: in AIX 5.3 Unix that is

I did the same thing using

"orchadmin rm -f controlfile1.ds controlfile2.ds controlfile3.ds" in execute command activity. It is working. Is this wrong approach
command line:orchadmin rm -f
parameters:controlfile1.ds controlfile2.ds controlfile3.ds

Please tell me abt this approach and anyy other better approaches are welcome

I have been deleting datasets using:

orchadmin delete *.ds

This deletes all datasets in the directory where you are executing the command.