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libssh2_sftp_unlink_ex

libssh2_sftp_unlink_ex(3)					  libssh2 manual					 libssh2_sftp_unlink_ex(3)

NAME

       libssh2_sftp_unlink_ex - unlink an SFTP file

SYNOPSIS

       #include <libssh2.h> #include <libssh2_sftp.h>

       int libssh2_sftp_unlink_ex(LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp, const char *filename, unsigned int filename_len);

       int libssh2_sftp_unlink(LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp, const char *filename);

DESCRIPTION

       sftp - SFTP instance as returned by libssh2_sftp_init(3)

       filename - Path and name of the existing filesystem entry

       filename_len - Length of the path and name of the existing filesystem entry

       Unlink (delete) a file from the remote filesystem.

RETURN VALUE

       Return 0 on success or negative on failure.  It returns LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN when it would otherwise block. While LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN is a
       negative number, it isn't really a failure per se.

ERRORS

       LIBSSH2_ERROR_ALLOC -  An internal memory allocation call failed.

       LIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_SEND - Unable to send data on socket.

       LIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_TIMEOUT -

       LIBSSH2_ERROR_SFTP_PROTOCOL - An invalid SFTP protocol response was received on the socket, or an SFTP operation caused an errorcode to	be
       returned by the server.

SEE ALSO

       libssh2_sftp_init(3)

libssh2 0.15							    1 Jun 2007						 libssh2_sftp_unlink_ex(3)

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