-.TH LDAP_DELETE 3 "22 September 1998" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
+.TH LDAP_DELETE 3 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
.\" $OpenLDAP$
-.\" Copyright 1998-2002 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
+.\" Copyright 1998-2012 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved.
.\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
.SH NAME
-ldap_delete, ldap_delete_s \- Perform an LDAP delete operation
+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
.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.
+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
+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
.BR ldap_perror (3)
and friends.
.B ldap_delete()
-returns -1 if something went wrong initiating the request. It returns the
+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.
.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR ldap(3),
-.BR ldap_error(3)
+.BR ldap (3),
+.BR ldap_error (3)
.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-.B OpenLDAP
-is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project (http://www.openldap.org/).
-.B OpenLDAP
-is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.
+.so ../Project