# this method views an existing address record
  def deletegemspecrecord
 
    require 'fileutils'
  
      if @a_viewgemspecdata
      $currentgemspectext =  @a_viewgemspecdata
      end
              
     fileName = $gemspec_directory + "/" + $currentgemspectext + ".gemspec"
     $stderr.print fileName

    begin # exception trapped block
    if  File.exist?(fileName)
     File.delete(fileName)
     end
     rescue SystemCallError, StandardError
         $stderr.print "system call error: " + $!
    end # exception rescue

  end