DIM

Description

DIM deletes the specified PCISDK image file.

Parameters

dim(file)

Name	Type	Caption	Length	Value range
FILE *	str	Input file name	1 -

* Required parameter

Parameter descriptions

FILE

Specifies the name of the PCIDSK file to delete.

Details

DIM deletes a specified image database file (FILE). DIM may also delete any direct-access file if the full file descriptor is included; for example, if FILE="PRM.PRM", the parameter file is deleted.

When the database file is deleted, it cannot be recovered. All data stored in the file is permanently lost.

DIM is NOT intended for deleting text files; use the platform-specific delete command.

If the file specified for deletion is a file-interleaved PCIDSK file, DIM only deletes the PCIDSK header file; files containing imagery are not deleted. Use PCIDEL2 to delete files containing imagery before running DIM, or use DIM2.

Example

Delete the PCIDSK image file "junk.pix".

from pci.dim import dim

file = "junk.pix"
dim(file)