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rmeventc

RMEVENTC(1)															       RMEVENTC(1)

NAME

       rmeventc - destroy a CORBA EventChannel

SYNOPSIS

       rmeventc [-n channel-name] [-h] [-ORBparameter value] [channel-uri]

DESCRIPTION

       rmeventc  connects  to an event channel and calls its destroy() operation. If the channel is located by the -n option, then the name is un-
       bound (removed) from the Name Service.

       Example: rmeventc -nfoo/bar/baz.qux

OPTIONS

       -n channel-name
	      The CORBA Name Service name used to look up the EventChannel CORBA object.

	      Format for channel-name: [CONTEXT-ID[.CONTEXT-KIND]/]*OBJECT-ID[.OBJECT-KIND]

	      Examples: foo, foo.bar, foo.bar/baz/qux, foo/bar/baz.qux.

	      The default is EventChannel

       -h     Display a short summary of command-line options.

       -ORBparameter value
	      Standard omniORB options. see omniORB documentation for details. This option is commonly used to set the omniORB traceLevel, in  or-
	      der to get more detailed output.

	      Example: -ORBtraceLevel 5

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       OMNIORB_CONFIG
	      The location of the omniORB configuration file.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Alex Tingle.

       This  is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

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