.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1994, 1996 Bunyip Information Systems Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.  
.\"	
.\" Archie 3.5
.\" August 1996
.\"	
.\"	@(#)delete_anonftp.n	
.\"
.TH DELETE_ANONFTP N "August 1996"

.SH NAME
.B delete_anonftp 
\- delete a site from the Archie anonftp database

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B delete_anonftp 
.BI \-H " <hostname>"
[ 
.BI \-M " <dir>"
] [ 
.BI \-h " <dir>"
] [ 
.BI \-p " <port>"
] [ 
.BI \-w " <dir>"
] [ 
.BI \-t " <tmp>"
] [
.B \-v
] [
.B \-l
] [ 
.BI \-L " <logfile>"
]

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-H " <hostname>"
The fully qualified domain name or IP address, in standard `quad' or `dotted
decimal' format, of the site to be deleted.  This name must already exist in
the Archie host database or be resolvable via the Domain Name System. This
parameter is mandatory.
.TP
.BI \-M " <dir>"
The name of the master Archie database directory. If not specified, the
program looks in the directory
.BR ~archie/db ,
then
.BR ./db .
.TP
.BI \-w " <dir>"
The name of the directory in which the Archie anonftp catalog resides.  This
parameter overrides the default catalog name,
.BR ~archie/db/anonftp ,
as well as the
.B \-M
option.
.TP
.BI \-h " <dir>"
The name of the Archie host database directory. If not specified, the program
first looks in
.BR ~archie/db/host_db ,
then
.BR ./host_db .
.TP
.BI \-p " <port>"
The port number at the FTP site.  The default value is 21.
.TP
.B \-v
Verbose mode.  Print messages indicating what the program is doing.
.TP
.B \-l
Log messages to the file
.BR ~archie/logs/archie.log .
The location of the file may be overridden with the
.B \-L
option.  By default, messages are written to
.IR stderr .
.TP
.BI \-L " <logfile>"
Specify the log file.  For this to have any effect, the
.B \-l
option must be specified, as well.  Note that debugging information is also
written to the log file.

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B delete_anonftp 
modifies and inactivates the appropriate entry in the auxiliary 
host database. The program issues an error message and exits if
the specified host does not exist in the anonftp catalog. In normal
operation this program is only invoked by the 
.BI update_anonftp (n)
program.

If invoking this program from the command line, care should be taken to insure
that no other processes are modifying the anonftp catalog.  The exclusive
locking mechanism provided by the
.BR update_anonftp (n) 
program, which invokes 
.B delete_anonftp 
in normal operation, will not be available in the command line invocation.

.SH FILES
~archie/db/host_db/*
.br
~archie/db/anonftp/*

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR update_anonftp (n),
.BR insert_anonftp (n)

.SH AUTHOR
Bunyip Information Systems.
.br
Montr\o"\'e"al, Qu\o"\'e"bec, Canada
.sp
Archie is a registered trademark of Bunyip Information Systems Inc., Canada,
1990.