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.TH LDAP_DELETE 3 "2012/02/29" "OpenLDAP 2.4.30"
.\" $OpenLDAP$
.\" Copyright 1998-2012 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
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.SH NAME
ldap_delete, ldap_delete_s, ldap_delete_ext, ldap_delete_ext_s \- Perform an LDAP delete operation.
.SH LIBRARY
OpenLDAP LDAP (libldap, \-lldap)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.ft B
#include <ldap.h>
.LP
.ft B
int ldap_delete_s(ld, dn)
.ft
LDAP *ld;
char *dn;
.LP
.ft B
int ldap_delete(ld, dn)
.ft
LDAP *ld;
char *dn;
.LP
.ft B
int ldap_delete_ext(ld, dn, serverctrls, clientctrls, msgidp)
.ft
LDAP *ld;
char *dn;
LDAPControl **serverctrls, **clientctrls;
int *msgidp;
.LP
.ft B
int ldap_delete_ext_s(ld, dn, serverctrls, clientctrls)
.ft
LDAP *ld;
char *dn;
LDAPControl **serverctrls, **clientctrls;
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B ldap_delete_s()
routine is used to perform an LDAP delete operation
synchronously. It takes \fIdn\fP, the DN of the entry to be deleted.
It returns an LDAP error code, indicating the success or failure of the
operation.
.LP
The
.B ldap_delete()
routine is used to perform an LDAP delete operation
asynchronously. It takes the same parameters as
.BR ldap_delete_s(),
but returns the message id of the request it initiated. The result of
the delete can be obtained by a subsequent call to
.BR ldap_result (3).
.LP
The
.B ldap_delete_ext()
routine  allows  server  and client controls to be 
specified to extend the delete request. This routine is asynchronous like 
ldap_delete(), but its return value is an LDAP error code. It stores the 
message id of the request in the integer pointed to by msgidp.
.LP
The
.B ldap_delete_ext_s()
routine is the synchronous version of
.BR ldap_delete_ext().
It also returns an LDAP error code indicating success 
or failure of the operation.
.SH ERRORS
.B ldap_delete_s()
returns an LDAP error code which can be interpreted
by calling one of
.BR ldap_perror (3)
and friends.
.B ldap_delete()
returns \-1 if something went wrong initiating the request. It returns the
non-negative message id of the request if things went ok.
.LP
.B ldap_delete_ext()
and
.B ldap_delete_ext_s()
return some Non-zero value if
something  went wrong initiating the request, else return 0.

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.SH ATTRIBUTES
See
.BR attributes (5)
for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp
.TS
box;
cbp-1 | cbp-1
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE 
=
Availability	library/openldap
=
Stability	Committed
.TE 
.PP
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ldap (3),
.BR ldap_error (3)
.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
.\" Shared Project Acknowledgement Text
.B "OpenLDAP Software"
is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project <http://www.openldap.org/>.
.B "OpenLDAP Software"
is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.  


.SH NOTES

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