Stands for erase file. Erases any type of file if it is not locked. The input must be the name of a file in the current folder or a full Macintosh pathname. A pathname starts with the name of the hard disk. Colons are used to separate the names of directories, subdirectories, and files.
Examples:
erfile "farm
erfile "JoeHD:projects:farm
If one of the elements of the pathname has spaces, vertical bars must enclose the whole pathname: