Specifications

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CLEAR/PURGE Commands

domain-name

Speciﬁes the domain-name of a host or a domain.

HOST

This option (the default) is valid only when specifying a domain-name. Only the

host speciﬁed will be deleted.

The domain name for HOST can be an absolute or a relative name. If a relative

name is speciﬁed, the default local domain will be automatically appended to the

host name. The domain name for DOMAIN must be an absolute name.

DOMAIN

This option identiﬁes the domain-name as a domain name for a domain. All hosts

within the speciﬁed domain and its subdomains will be deleted. This option is

valid only when specifying a host name.

LEARNED

Speciﬁes that only hosts that the access server has learned about will be deleted.

LOCAL

Speciﬁes that only hosts that have been deﬁned locally at the access server will be

deleted.

Restriction

The LEARNED characteristic is not valid with the PURGE command.

Example: CLEAR/PURGE INTERNET HOST

Local> CLEAR INTERNET HOST LEARNED

This command acts on the access server operational database. It deletes all

Internet hosts from the name server database that were learned about over the

network.

Local> PURGE INTERNET HOST ALL

This command acts on the access server permanent database. It deletes all

Internet hosts from the domain name server.

Local> CLEAR INTERNET HOST FALCON HOST

This command acts on the access server operational database. It deletes Internet

host FALCON from the domain name server.

Local> CLEAR INTERNET HOST DEC.COM DOMAIN

This command acts on the access server operational database. It deletes all

Internet hosts in domain dec.com from the domain name server.