bionic (3) lfc_delete.3.gz

NAME

       lfc_delete - logically delete a LFC file entry in the name server

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include "lfc_api.h"

       int lfc_delete (const char *path)

DESCRIPTION

       lfc_delete  logically  deletes  a  LFC file entry in the name server.  The file can be recovered by using
       lfc_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 LFC directory or the full LFC 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), lfc_chdir(3), lfc_undelete(3), Cupvlist(1)

AUTHOR

       LCG Grid Deployment Team