NAME

       dpns_unlink - remove a DPNS file entry in the name server

SYNOPSIS

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

       int dpns_unlink (const char *path)

DESCRIPTION

       dpns_unlink removes a DPNS file entry in the name server.

       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.

       EEXIST       File has replicas.

       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_rmdir(3), Cupvlist(1)

AUTHOR

       LCG Grid Deployment Team