-.TH "MEMCACHED_DELETE_BY_KEY" "3" "June 02, 2011" "0.47" "libmemcached"
+.TH "MEMCACHED_DELETE_BY_KEY" "3" "April 21, 2012" "1.0.6" "libmemcached"
.SH NAME
memcached_delete_by_key \- libmemcached Documentation
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#include <libmemcached/memcached.h>
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.TP
-.B memcached_return_t memcached_delete (memcached_st *ptr, const char *key, size_t key_length, time_t expiration);
+.B memcached_return_t memcached_delete(memcached_st\fI\ *ptr\fP, const char\fI\ *key\fP, size_t\fI\ key_length\fP, time_t\fI\ expiration\fP)
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
-.B memcached_return_t memcached_delete_by_key (memcached_st *ptr, const char *group_key, size_t group_key_length, const char *key, size_t key_length, time_t expiration);
+.B memcached_return_t memcached_delete_by_key(memcached_st\fI\ *ptr\fP, const char\fI\ *group_key\fP, size_t\fI\ group_key_length\fP, const char\fI\ *key\fP, size_t\fI\ key_length\fP, time_t\fI\ expiration\fP)
.UNINDENT
.sp
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.
+\fI\%memcached_delete()\fP is used to delete a particular key.
+\fI\%memcached_delete_by_key()\fP works the same, but it takes a master key
+to find the given value.
.sp
Expiration works by placing the item into a delete queue, which means that
it won\(aqt be possible to retrieve it by the "get" command. The "add" and
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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.
.sp
If you are using the non\-blocking mode of the library, success only
means that the message was queued for delivery.