debian man page for dpns_delete

DPNS_DELETE(3)						      DPNS Library Functions						    DPNS_DELETE(3)

NAME
       dpns_delete - logically delete a DPNS file entry in the name server

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include "dpns_api.h"

       int dpns_delete (const char *path)

DESCRIPTION
       dpns_delete  logically  deletes	a  DPNS  file entry in the name server.  The file can be recovered by using dpns_undelete as long as a the
       reclaim utility has not been run on the corresponding tape volume.

       path   specifies the logical pathname relative to the current DPNS directory or the full DPNS pathname.

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
       EPERM	    path is a directory.

       ENOENT	    The named file does not exist or is a null pathname.

       EACCES	    Search permission is denied on a component of the path prefix 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.

       EFAULT	    path is a NULL pointer.

       ENOTDIR	    A component of path prefix is not a directory.

       ENAMETOOLONG The length of path exceeds CA_MAXPATHLEN or the length of a path component exceeds CA_MAXNAMELEN.

       SENOSHOST    Host unknown.

       SENOSSERV    Service unknown.

       SECOMERR     Communication error.

       ENSNACT	    Name server is not running or is being shutdown.

SEE ALSO
       Castor_limits(4), dpns_chdir(3), dpns_undelete(3), Cupvlist(1)

AUTHOR
       LCG Grid Deployment Team

DPNS
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