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NAME

       lfc_delfilesbypattern  -  delete  the  file entries selected by pattern
       matching on basename

SYNOPSIS

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

       int lfc_delfilesbypattern (const char *path, const char  *pattern,  int
       force, int *nbstatuses, struct lfc_filestatus **statuses)

DESCRIPTION

       lfc_delfilesbypattern  deletes  the  file  entries  selected by pattern
       matching on basename. If replicas exist and the force argument  is  not
       zero, all replicas are first removed.

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

       pattern
              allows to restrict the list of files to be  deleted  to  entries
              having  the basename starting with this pattern.  pattern should
              be terminated by a %.

       nbstatuses
              will be set to the number of replies in the array of statuses.

       statuses
              will be set  to  the  address  of  an  array  of  lfc_filestatus
              structures  allocated  by  the  API.  The  client application is
              responsible for freeing the array when not needed anymore.

       struct lfc_filestatus {
            char      name[CA_MAXNAMELEN+1];
            int       errcode;
       };

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

       ENOENT       The named directory does not exist.

       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.

       ENOMEM       Memory  could not be allocated for marshalling the request
                    or unmarshalling the reply.

       EFAULT       path, pattern, nbstatuses or statuses is a NULL pointer.

       EEXIST       File has replicas and force is zero.

       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.

       EINVAL       The length of pattern exceeds CA_MAXNAMELEN.

       SENOSSERV    Service unknown.

       SEINTERNAL   Database error.

       SECOMERR     Communication error.

       ENSNACT      Name server is not running or is being shutdown.

SEE ALSO

       Castor_limits(4), lfc_delreplica(3), lfc_unlink(3)

AUTHOR

       LCG Grid Deployment Team