-.TH "MEMCACHED_DELETE_BY_KEY" "3" "April 12, 2011" "0.47" "libmemcached"
+.TH "MEMCACHED_DELETE_BY_KEY" "3" "October 18, 2011" "1.01" "libmemcached"
.SH NAME
memcached_delete_by_key \- libmemcached Documentation
.
Compile and link with \-lmemcached
.SH DESCRIPTION
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-memcached_delete() is used to delete a particular key.
-memcached_delete_by_key() works the same, but it takes a master key to
-find the given value.
+\fBmemcached_delete()\fP is used to delete a particular key.
+\fBmemcached_delete_by_key()\fP works the same, but it takes a master key
+to find the given value.
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Expiration works by placing the item into a delete queue, which means that
-it won\(aqt possible to retrieve it by the "get" command, but "add" and
-"replace" command with this key will also fail (the "set" command will
+it won\(aqt be possible to retrieve it by the "get" command. The "add" and
+"replace" commands with this key will also fail (the "set" command will
succeed, however). After the time passes, the item is finally deleted from server memory.
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Please note the the Danga memcached server removed tests for expiration in
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A value of type \fBmemcached_return_t\fP is returned
On success that value will be \fBMEMCACHED_SUCCESS\fP.
-Use memcached_strerror() to translate this value to a printable string.
+Use \fBmemcached_strerror()\fP to translate this value to a printable
+string.
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If you are using the non\-blocking mode of the library, success only
means that the message was queued for delivery.
.SH HOME
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To find out more information please check:
-\fI\%https://launchpad.net/libmemcached\fP
+\fI\%http://libmemcached.org/\fP
.SH AUTHOR
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Brian Aker, <\fI\%brian@tangent.org\fP>
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