## zowe › zos-files › delete › zos-file-system

Delete a z/OS file system permanently.

#### Usage

zowe zos-files delete zos-file-system <fileSystemName> [options]

#### Positional Arguments

- `fileSystemName` (string)

  - The name of the z/OS file system that you want to delete.

#### Required Options

- `--for-sure` | `-f` (boolean)

  - Specify this option to confirm that you want to delete the ZFS permanently.

#### Options

- `--ignore-not-found` | `-i` | `--inf` (boolean)

  - Suppress errors if the z/OS file does not exist.

- `--response-timeout` | `--rto` (number)

  - The maximum amount of time in seconds the z/OSMF Files TSO servlet should run before returning a response. Any request exceeding this amount of time will be terminated and return an error. Allowed values: 5 - 600

#### Zosmf Connection Options

- `--host` | `-H` (string)

  - The z/OSMF server host name.

- `--port` | `-P` (number)

  - The z/OSMF server port.

    Default value: 443

- `--user` | `-u` (string)

  - Mainframe (z/OSMF) user name, which can be the same as your TSO login.

- `--password` | `--pass` | `--pw` (string)

  - Mainframe (z/OSMF) password, which can be the same as your TSO password.

- `--reject-unauthorized` | `--ru` (boolean)

  - Reject self-signed certificates.

    Default value: true

- `--base-path` | `--bp` (string)

  - The base path for your API mediation layer instance. Specify this option to prepend the base path to all z/OSMF resources when making REST requests. Do not specify this option if you are not using an API mediation layer.

- `--protocol` (string)

  - The protocol used (HTTP or HTTPS)

    Default value: https
    Allowed values: http, https

- `--cert-file` (local file path)

  - The file path to a certificate file to use for authentication

- `--cert-key-file` (local file path)

  - The file path to a certificate key file to use for authentication

#### Profile Options

- `--zosmf-profile` | `--zosmf-p` (string)

  - The name of a (zosmf) profile to load for this command execution.

- `--base-profile` | `--base-p` (string)

  - The name of a (base) profile to load for this command execution.

#### Base Connection Options

- `--token-type` | `--tt` (string)

  - The type of token to get and use for the API. Omit this option to use the default token type, which is provided by 'zowe auth login'.

- `--token-value` | `--tv` (string)

  - The value of the token to pass to the API.

#### Examples

- Delete the z/OS file system 'HLQ.MYNEW.ZFS':

  - `zowe zos-files delete zos-file-system "HLQ.MYNEW.ZFS" -f`

- Quietly delete a z/OS file, suppressing errors if the file doesn't exist:

  - `zowe zos-files delete zos-file-system "HLQ.MYNEW.ZFS" -fi`