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XML REMOVE FILE

This statement has the following parameters:

Parameter	Description
FileName	The name of file to be removed.

Description

The XML REMOVE FILE statement deletes the file specified by the FileName parameter. If the specified filename does not contain an extension, then .xml is appended to the name. If the file does not exist, no error is returned.

A status value is returned in the XML-data-group data item, which is defined in the copybook, lixmldef.cpy.

Example

XML REMOVE FILE
    MY-FILE-NAME.
IF NOT XML-OK GO TO Z.