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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
       submission 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
       Reporting 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),
       mkcat(8), mkdb(8), pr-edit(8), query-pr(1), queue-pr(8), send-pr(1).

COPYING

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