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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:

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

The output arguments are:

will be set to the number of replies in the array of file statuses.
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

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