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Drop Request

ABBREVIATION
dr{op}

FORMATS
Format 1: drop ACTION-RANGE
Format 2: drop ACTION-RANGE, ACTION-RANGE, . . .
Format 3: drop FUNCTION-NAME|(SECTION-NAME) all
Format 4: drop all
Format 5: drop last

DESCRIPTION
The drop command drops one or more requests from the list displayed by the query command. Requests are identified in the query list by request number. The numbers associated with dropped requests are not reused. The ACTION-RANGE argument is either ACTION (a single request) or ACTION:ACTION (a range of requests).

Format 1: Format 1 drops a single request or request range from the list displayed by the query command.

Format 2: Format 2 drops several single requests and request ranges, which are separated by commas.

Format 3: Format 3 drops all requests for a function (FUNCTION-NAME) or a section (SECTION-NAME) from the query list.

To use this form of drop, specify the function name or, in parentheses, the section name followed by the word all.

Format 4: This format drops all requests for the entire program.

Format 5: This format drops the last request on the list displayed by the query command.

EXAMPLES

drop 3
drops request number 3 from the query list.

drop 3:6
drops request numbers 3 through 6 from the query list.

drop 4, 9:13, 7
drops request numbers 4, 9 through 13, and 7 from the query list.

drop func1 all
drops all the requests for the func1 function.

drop (comp23) all
drops all the requests for the comp23 compilation.

drop all
drops all the requests for the entire program.

drop last
drops the last request on the query list.

SYSTEM DEPENDENCIES
none

COMMAND CAN BE ISSUED FROM

PROFILE yes
configuration file no
Source window prefix none

SCOPE
The drop command is not affected by changes in scope.

RETURN CODES SET
Successful: a nonzero number
Unsuccessful: 0

SEE ALSO


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