FDELETE (May99) ftools.futils FDELETE (May99) NAME fdelete -- Delete a FITS file. USAGE fdelete file confirm DESCRIPTION Delete a FITS file, with or without user confirmation. This task is mainly useful for deleting FITS files that have been written into shared memory because the system command to delete a file in shared memory is a bit convoluted. PARAMETERS file [filename] The name of the FITS file to be deleted. (confirm = yes) [boolean] If confirm=yes, the task will prompt the user to confirm that he/she really wants to delete the file. If confirm=no, the file will be deleted without user confirmation. EXAMPLES 1. Delete the file OBSERV.FITS, first providing a confirmation prompt. fi> fdelete OBSERV.FITS 2. Unconditionally delete the file OBJECT3.FITS. fi> fdelete OBSERV.FITS confirm=no BUGS SEE ALSO