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ecaccess-association-delete

ECACCESS-ASSOCIATION-DELETE(1p) 			User Contributed Perl Documentation			   ECACCESS-ASSOCIATION-DELETE(1p)

NAME

       ecaccess-association-delete - Delete Association

SYNOPSIS

       ecaccess-association-delete -version|-help|-manual

       ecaccess-association-delete [-debug] [-gateway name] association-name

DESCRIPTION

       Allow deleting an ECtrans Association. Once deleted the Association can not be retrieved. The History associated with this Association will
       also be removed from the ECaccess Gateway Database.

ARGUMENTS

       association-name
	       The name of the Association to delete.

OPTIONS

       -gateway name
	       This is the name of the ECaccess Gateway where the Association is installed.  It is by default the Gateway you are connected to. In
	       order to get the name of your current Gateway you can use the ecaccess-gateway-name command. When using the commands at ECMWF the
	       default Gateway is always "ecaccess.ecmwf.int".

       -version
	       Display version number and exits.

       -help   Print a brief help message and exits.

       -manual Prints the manual page and exits.

       -debug  Display the SOAP messages exchanged.

EXAMPLES

       ecaccess-association-delete -gateway ecaccess.ecmwf.int test

       Remove the test Association on the ecaccess.ecmwf.int Gateway.

       ecaccess-association-delete test2

       Remove the test2 Association on the default Gateway.

SEE ALSO

       ecaccess-association-get, ecaccess-association-list, ecaccess-association-protocol, ecaccess-association-put and ecaccess.

perl v5.14.2							    2012-04-16					   ECACCESS-ASSOCIATION-DELETE(1p)

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