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LFC_DELFILESBYGUID(3) LFC Library Functions LFC_DELFILESBYGUID(3)

NAME

lfc_delfilesbyguid - delete the file entries corresponding to a list of guids

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
 
#include "lfc_api.h"
int lfc_delfilesbyguid (int nbguids, const char **guids, int force, int *nbstatuses, int **statuses)

DESCRIPTION

lfc_delfilesbyguid deletes the file entries corresponding to a list of guids. If replicas exist and the force argument is not zero, all replicas are first removed.
nbguids
specifies the number of guids in the array guids.
guids
specifies the list of Grid Unique IDentifiers.
nbstatuses
will be set to the number of replies in the array of statuses.
statuses
will be set to the address of an array of integer statuses allocated by the API. The client application is responsible for freeing the array when not needed anymore.

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

ENOENT
The named guid does not exist.
EACCES
Search permission is denied on a component of the parent directory 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.
ENOMEM
Memory could not be allocated for marshalling the request or unmarshalling the reply.
EFAULT
guids, nbstatuses or statuses is a NULL pointer.
EEXIST
File has replicas and force is zero.
EINVAL
nbguids is not strictly positive or the length of one of the guids exceeds CA_MAXGUIDLEN.
SENOSSERV
Service unknown.
SEINTERNAL
Database error.
SECOMERR
Communication error.
ENSNACT
Name server is not running or is being shutdown.

SEE ALSO

Castor_limits(4), lfc_delreplica(3), lfc_unlink(3)

AUTHOR

LCG Grid Deployment Team
$Date: 2007/12/13 11:59:47 $ LFC