NAME

       delete-pr - deletes closed PRs

SYNOPSIS

       delete-pr
              [ -V | --version ] | [ -h | --help ] |
              [ -d name | --database=name ] [ -c | --closed | PR ]

DESCRIPTION

       Deletes  the  specified PR, or if the --closed option is given, all of the closed PRs in the database are
       deleted.

       delete-pr must be run by the GNATS user (by default gnats).

       Note that deleting PRs is generally a very bad idea.  It flies in the face of the very idea  of  using  a
       Problem Reporting system and should only be considered in special situations.  Such a situation might for
       instance  arise if a mail loop causes mass duplicate submissions or if you receive spam to the PR submis‐
       sion e-mail address.

OPTIONS

       -V, --version
              Prints the program version to stdout and exits.

       -h, --help
              Prints a short help text to stdout and exits.

       -d, --database
              Specifies the database from which the PR(s) are to be deleted.  If no database is  specified,  the
              database  named  default  is assumed.  This option overrides the database specified in the GNATSDB
              environment variable.

       --closed
              Requests that all closed PRs in the database be deleted.

       PR     Requests that the specified PR be deleted.  The PR must be in a closed state.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       The GNATSDB environment variable is used to determine which database to use.  For a  local  database,  it
       contains the name of the database to access.

       For  network  access  via  gnatsd, it contains a colon-separated list of strings that describe the remote
       database, in the form

       server:port:databasename:username:password

       Any of the fields may be omitted, but at least one colon must appear; otherwise, the value is assumed  to
       be the name of a local database.

       If GNATSDB is not set and the --database option is not supplied, it is assumed that the database is local
       and that its name is default.

SEE ALSO

       Keeping  Track: Managing Messages With GNATS (also installed as the GNU Info file gnats.info) and Report‐
       ing Problems Using send-pr (also installed as the GNU Info file send-pr.info).

       databases(5), dbconfig(5), delete-pr(8), edit-pr(1) file-pr(8), gen-index(8),  gnats(7),  gnatsd(8),  mk‐
       cat(8), mkdb(8), pr-edit(8), query-pr(1), queue-pr(8), send-pr(1).

COPYING

       Copyright (c) 1999, 2003, Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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       and this permission notice are preserved on all copies.

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       above  conditions  for  modified versions, except that this permission notice may be included in transla‐
       tions approved by the Free Software Foundation instead of in the original English.

GNATS                                              August 2003                                      delete-pr(8)