NAME

gspool_ptrdel - delete a printer


SYNOPSIS

#include <gspool.h>

int gspool_ptrdel(const int fd, const unsigned flags, const slotno_t slot)


DESCRIPTION

The function gspool_ptrdel() is used to delete a printer.

fd is a file descriptor previously returned by gspool_open

flags is either zero, or GSPOOL_FLAG_IGNORESEQ to ignore changes since the list was last read.

slot is the slot number corresponding to the printer as previously returned by gspool_ptrlist, or gspool_ptrfindslot.


RETURN VALUES

The function returns 0 if successful otherwise one of the error codes listed in Chapter 3.


EXAMPLE

An example to delete all printers:

 int fd, ret, np, i;
 slotno_t *slots;
 fd = gspool_open("myhost", (char *)0, 0);
 if (fd < 0) { /* error handling */
     ...
 }
 ret = gspool_ptrlist(fd, GSPOOL_LOCALONLY, &np, &slots);
 if (ret < 0) { /* error handling */
     ...
 }
 for (i = 0; i < np; i++) {
     ret = gspool_ptrdel(fd, 0, slots[i]);
     if (ret < 0) { /* error handling */
         ...
     }
 }
 gspool_close(fd);


SEE ALSO

gspool_ptrlist(3), gspool_ptrread(3), gspool_ptradd(3), gspool_ptrfind(3), gspool_ptrfindslot(3), gspool_ptrupd(3), gspool_ptrmon(3), gspool_ptrop(3).


AUTHOR

John M Collins, Xi Software Ltd.