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.\"    Manual: The Linux Journalling API
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16.56
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.TH "JOURNAL_WIPE" "9" "May 2018" "Kernel Hackers Manual 3\&.16\&" "The Linux Journalling API"
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.SH "NAME"
journal_wipe \- Wipe journal contents
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ journal_wipe('u
.BI "int journal_wipe(journal_t\ *\ " "journal" ", int\ " "write" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIjournal\fR
.RS 4
Journal to act on\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIwrite\fR
.RS 4
flag (see below)
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Wipe out all of the contents of a journal, safely\&. This will produce a warning if the journal contains any valid recovery information\&. Must be called between journal_init_*() and
\fBjournal_load\fR\&.
.PP
If \*(Aqwrite\*(Aq is non\-zero, then we wipe out the journal on disk; otherwise we merely suppress recovery\&.
.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
\fBRoger Gammans\fR <\&rgammans@computer-surgery.co.uk\&>
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.PP
\fBStephen Tweedie\fR <\&sct@redhat.com\&>
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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