There are many ways to delete a sequential file.The followings are common ways.

1)use tso command: ' tso delete 'file name''.

2)use jcl and write a DD card for that file with disp (old delete delete).

3)or just use a ISPF pannel to do it.

Hi

To delete a sequential file thru a COBOL program.. open the file in output mode and close the file immediately. All the records in the file will get deleted.

Thanks

Chethan

RECORDS IN SEQUENTIAL FILE CANNOT BE DELETED.

In cobol there is direct command for deleting records from sequential file. We can follow the below steps and delete the records from sequential file. for example.

01 input-record.

02 in-empcd pic 9(5).

02 in-name pic x(20).

02 in-trcd pic 9(2).

There are two ways to delete records in a sequential file
1. To move spaces to the records.
2. To rewrite the file with out moving the records which we want to delete from the file.