1 PURGE The PURGE command deletes all but the highest versions of specified dictionary objects. You specify the objects with a full or relative path name. If you do not enter a path name with PURGE, DMU purges the objects in your default directory. Because dictionary directories cannot have multiple versions, PURGE does not affect them. Command Syntax: PURGE [qualifiers] [path-name [,path-name]...] 2 parameter path-name Specifies the objects you want to purge or the directory or subdictionary that contains the objects you want to purge. You can use the wildcards *, %, and > in the path name specification. If you are using a terminal of the VT200 family, you can use 8-bit characters in path names. If you specify an object, the path name cannot contain a version number or a semicolon. If you do not specify a path name, PURGE operates the objects in your default directory. 2 privileges You need DELETE (D) or GLOBAL_DELETE (G) privilege at each object that PURGE deletes. 2 qualifiers /KEEP Syntax: /KEEP=n You use /KEEP=n to specify the number of versions of each object you want to keep. The number must be greater than zero. The default is /KEEP=1. /LOG Syntax: /LOG [=file-specification] /NOLOG You use /LOG if you want DMU to generate a message for each dictionary object deleted by the PURGE command. If you do not specify a file, the messages are sent to the terminal. The default is /NOLOG.