-.. highlight:: perl
+===========================
+Deleting data from a server
+===========================
-****
-NAME
-****
+Delete a key
-memcached_delete - Delete a key
-
-
-*******
+-------
LIBRARY
-*******
+-------
C Client Library for memcached (libmemcached, -lmemcached)
-********
+--------
SYNOPSIS
-********
+--------
.. code-block:: perl
- #include <memcached.h>
+ #include <libmemcached/memcached.h>
- memcached_return_t
- memcached_delete (memcached_st *ptr,
- const char *key, size_t key_length,
- time_t expiration);
+ memcached_return_t memcached_delete (memcached_st *ptr, const char *key, size_t key_length, time_t expiration);
- memcached_return_t
- memcached_delete_by_key (memcached_st *ptr,
- const char *master_key, size_t master_key_length,
- const char *key, size_t key_length,
- time_t expiration);
+ memcached_return_t memcached_delete_by_key (memcached_st *ptr, const char *master_key, size_t master_key_length, const char *key, size_t key_length, time_t expiration);
-***********
+-----------
DESCRIPTION
-***********
+-----------
memcached_delete() is used to delete a particular key.
"replace" command with this key will also fail (the "set" command will
succeed, however). After the time passes, the item is finally deleted from server memory.
-Please note the the Danga memcached server removed support for expiration in
+Please note the the Danga memcached server removed tests for expiration in
the 1.4 version.
-******
+------
RETURN
-******
+------
A value of type \ ``memcached_return_t``\ is returned
means that the message was queued for delivery.
-****
+----
HOME
-****
+----
To find out more information please check:
`https://launchpad.net/libmemcached <https://launchpad.net/libmemcached>`_
-******
+------
AUTHOR
-******
+------
Brian Aker, <brian@tangent.org>
-********
+--------
SEE ALSO
-********
-
-
-memcached(1) libmemcached(3) memcached_strerror(3)
+--------
+:manpage:`memcached(1)` :manpage:`libmemcached(3)` :manpage:`memcached_strerror(3)`