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DPM_RM(3) DPM Library Functions DPM_RM(3)

NAME

dpm_rm - delete a set of files

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include "dpm_api.h"

int dpm_rm (int nbsurls, char **surls, int *nbreplies, struct dpm_filestatus **filestatuses)

DESCRIPTION

dpm_rm deletes a set of files from disk and from the name space.

The input arguments are:

nbsurls
specifies the number of files belonging to the request.
surls
specifies the array of file names.

The output arguments are:

nbreplies
will be set to the number of replies in the array of file statuses.
filestatuses
will be set to the address of an array of dpm_filestatus structures allocated by the API. The client application is responsible for freeing the array when not needed anymore.

struct dpm_filestatus {
	char		*surl;
	int		status;
	char		*errstring;
};

RETURN VALUE

This routine returns 0 if the operation was successful or -1 if the operation failed. In the latter case, serrno is set appropriately.

ERRORS

EFAULT
surls, nbreplies or filestatuses is a NULL pointer.
ENOMEM
Memory could not be allocated for marshalling the request.
EINVAL
nbsurls is not strictly positive or all file requests have errors.
SENOSHOST
Host unknown.
SEINTERNAL
Database error.
SECOMERR
Communication error.
$Date: 2004/12/15 08:31:49 $ LCG