remove element(8rpc)
Removes selected elements from a profile
Synopsis
rpccp remove element profile-entry-name
{-d | -i if-id -m member | -a annotation} [-s
syntax]
Options
-d
Removes the default profile element. With the -d option, the -a, -i, and -m options are ignored.
-i if-id
Defines an interface identifier for the profile element to be removed for a member specified with the -m option. Only one interface and member pair
can be removed in a single operation. If you supply multiple instances of the -i option, the command uses the final instance.
The -i and -m options take precedence over the -a option. However, if the default profile element is specified (by the -d option), the -i and -m options are ignored.
The interface identifier value has the following form:
interface-uuid,major-version.minor-version
The UUID is a hexadecimal string and the version numbers are decimal strings, for example:
-i ec1eeb60-5943-11c9-a309-08002b102989,1.1
Leading zeros in version numbers are ignored.
-m member
Defines a member name for the profile element to be removed. This option is required if the interface identifier is specified. Only one interface and member
can be removed in a single operation. If you supply multiple instances of the -m option, the command uses the final instance.
-a annotation
Removes all elements whose annotation fields match the specified annotation; in the presence of -d option or -i and -m options,
the -a option is ignored.
Note that the shell supports quotation marks around the annotation field of profile elements, which allows you to include internal spaces in an annotation; the control program does not. To specify or refer to annotations from within the control program, limit each annotation to an unbroken alphanumeric string; for example, CalendarGroup. To refer to annotations from the system prompt, do not incorporate quotation marks into any annotation.
-s syntax
Indicates the name syntax of the entry name (optional). The only value for this option is the dce name syntax, which is the default name syntax.
Until an alternative name syntax becomes available, specifying the -s option is unnecessary.
Arguments
profile-entry-name
Indicates the name of the target profile. For an entry in the local cell, you can omit the cell name and specify only the cell-relative name.
Description
The remove element command removes an element from a profile in the name service database. For a description of the fields in a profile element, see
add entry(8rpc).
The remove element command requires the entry name of the profile. The command also requires one of the following options:
-d
The default profile option takes precedence over the other two options.
-I interface-id -m member-name
An interface and member pair takes precedence over the -a option.
-a annotation-string
The annotation option takes effect only if neither the -d or -i option is specified.
Privileges Required
You need read permission and write permission to the CDS object entry (the target profile entry).
Notes
This command is replaced at Revision 1.1 by the dcecp command and may not be provided in future releases of DCE.
Examples
The following sequence of commands sets up an environment variable Calendar_1_1, which represents the interface identifier of an RPC interface, exports it, and
removes an element from a profile:
$ Calendar_1_1=ec1eeb60-5943-11c9-a309-08002b102989,1.1
$ export Calendar_1_1
$ rpccp
rpccp> remove element -i Calendar_1_1
\
> -m /.:/LandS/anthro/Calendar_group \
> /.:/LandS/anthro/molly_o_profile
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