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VMS Help PURGE, Qualifiers, /ERASE *Conan The Librarian |
/ERASE
/NOERASE (default)
Erases the specified files from the disk so that the purged data
no longer exists physically on the deallocated disk blocks.
When you delete a file, the area in which the file was stored is
returned to the system for future use. The data that was stored
in that location still exists in the system until new data is
written over it. When the /ERASE qualifier is specified, the
storage location is overwritten with a system-specified pattern
so that the data no longer exists.
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