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.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
.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)