Roland, I should also have clarified that the description needs to be included to determine which archive you wish to delete.
Therefore it should read del arch <filespec> -subdir=yes -desc="description" The testing of this with dummy data still stands. Thanks Leigh -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LFD Steinmetz, Roland Sent: 10 August 2006 09:58 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] How I can delete archived directory entries? Hi all, With "DELETE ARCHIVE ..." I can delete archived files entries. How I can delete the first and second archived directory entries? query archive -fromdate=08-08-2006 "/*" Size Archive Date - Time File - Expires on - Description ---- ------------------- ------------------------------- 96 B 08-08-2006 20:07:34 /oradata 07-09-2006 ARC_ONLDB_AD030 272 B 08-08-2006 20:07:34 /oradata/arch 07-09-2006 ARC_ONLDB_AD030 104,857,088 B 08-08-2006 20:07:42 /oradata/arch/1_2764.arc 07-09-2006 ARC_ONLDB_AD030 104,857,088 B 08-08-2006 20:07:54 /oradata/arch/1_2765.arc 07-09-2006 ARC_ONLDB_AD030 43,975,168 B 08-08-2006 20:08:04 /oradata/arch/1_2766.arc 07-09-2006 ARC_ONLDB_AD030 242,176 B 08-08-2006 20:08:09 /oradata/arch/1_2767.arc 07-09-2006 ARC_ONLDB_AD030 Mit freundlichen Grüßen Roland Steinmetz -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thüringer Landesfinanzdirektion (LFD) Zentrum für Informationsverarbeitung (ZIV) Systemtechnik und Datenbankadministration --------------------------------------------------------------------------