PURGE Command

The PURGE command cleans up storage areas left allocated for a CA Ideal session that is abruptly ended in CICS. For example, if a line or a node is dropped and CICS autoinstalled the terminal, CAIVPE (Virtual Processing Environment) might have storage areas and control blocks still allocated on behalf of the terminal. If the session is not purged, these storage areas could be allocated indefinitely since the random terminal‑ID assignment of AUTOINSTALL might not reuse the original terminal ID.

For more information on alternate ways to purge a CA Ideal session, see the Administration Guide.

This command has the following format:

PURGE term‑id