#include <db.h>
int
DB_ENV->dbremove(DB_ENV *dbenv, DB_TXN *txnid,
const char *file, const char *database, u_int32_t flags);
The DB_ENV->dbremove() method removes the database specified by the
file and database parameters. If no database is specified, the underlying file
represented by file is removed,
incidentally removing all of the databases it contained.
Applications should never remove databases with open DB handles, or in the case of removing a file, when any database in the file has an open handle.
The DB_ENV->dbremove() method is not atomic in a
sliced environment. If the operation fails, it is possible for
some, but not all, of the sliced databases to still exist.
The DB_ENV->dbremove()
method returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.
DB_ENV->dbremove() is affected by any database directory specified using the
DB_ENV->add_data_dir()
method, or by setting the add_data_dir string in the environment's
DB_CONFIG file.
If the operation is part of an application-specified transaction, the
txnid parameter is a transaction
handle returned from
DB_ENV->txn_begin()
; if the
operation is part of a Berkeley DB Concurrent Data Store group, the
txnid parameter is a handle returned
from
DB_ENV->cdsgroup_begin()
;
otherwise NULL. If no transaction handle is specified, but the
DB_AUTO_COMMIT flag is specified to either this method
or the environment handle, the operation will be implicitly transaction protected.
The environment variable DB_HOME may be used as the path of
the database environment home.
The DB_ENV->dbremove()
method may fail and return one of the following non-zero errors:
A Berkeley DB Concurrent Data Store database environment configured for lock timeouts was unable to grant a lock in the allowed time.
You attempted to open a database handle that is configured for no waiting exclusive locking, but the exclusive lock could not be immediately obtained. See DB->set_lk_exclusive() for more information.
If the method was called before DB_ENV->open() was called; or if an invalid flag value or parameter was specified.