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EXPIRE Command Syntax

The syntax of the EXPIRE command is as follows:

EXPIRE DATE=

The EXPIRE command parameter is DATE=. This optional parameter specifies the date upon which to base expire processing. Specify a date constant in any acceptable CA Disk date format. For a list of valid dates, see the section Date Formats in the chapter "General Information." For non-SMS data sets, the date specified in this parameter is compared against the data set expiration date. This comparison is used to determine if a data set should be expired. This parameter is useful in expiring data sets with expiration dates that have not yet been reached, by specifying a date greater than or equal to the not yet reached data set expiration date.