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HDS_ERASE - Erase container file   

Description:
Mark a container file for deletion and annul the locator associated with the top-level object. The container file will not be physically deleted if other primary locators are still associated with the file - this is only done when the reference count drops to zero.

Invocation:
CALL HDS_ERASE( LOC, STATUS )

Arguments:
LOC = CHARACTER * ( DAT__SZLOC ) (Given)
Locator to the container file's top-level object.
STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)
The global status.



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HDS Hierarchical Data System
Starlink User Note 92
R.F. Warren-Smith & M.D. Lawden
23rd February 1999
E-mail:rfws@star.rl.ac.uk

Copyright (C) 1999 Central Laboratory of the Research Councils