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LFC_DELETE(3) LFC Library Functions LFC_DELETE(3)

NAME

lfc_delete - logically delete a LFC file entry in the name server

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
 
#include "lfc_api.h"
int lfc_delete (const char *path)

DESCRIPTION

lfc_delete logically deletes a LFC file entry in the name server. The file can be recovered by using lfc_undelete as long as a the reclaim utility has not been run on the corresponding tape volume.
path
specifies the logical pathname relative to the current LFC directory or the full LFC pathname.

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

EPERM
path is a directory.
ENOENT
The named file does not exist or is a null pathname.
EACCES
Search permission is denied on a component of the path prefix or write permission is denied on the parent directory or the parent has the sticky bit S_ISVTX set and
the effective user ID of the requestor does not match the owner ID of the file and
the effective user ID of the requestor does not match the owner ID of the directory and
the file is not writable by the requestor and
the requestor does not have ADMIN privilege in the Cupv database.
EFAULT
path is a NULL pointer.
ENOTDIR
A component of path prefix is not a directory.
ENAMETOOLONG
The length of path exceeds CA_MAXPATHLEN or the length of a path component exceeds CA_MAXNAMELEN.
SENOSHOST
Host unknown.
SENOSSERV
Service unknown.
SECOMERR
Communication error.
ENSNACT
Name server is not running or is being shutdown.

SEE ALSO

Castor_limits(4), lfc_chdir(3), lfc_undelete(3), Cupvlist(1)

AUTHOR

LCG Grid Deployment Team
$Date: 2002/10/16 06:25:40 $ LFC