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1.1     ! root        1: .th PURGE UNIX 3/14/79
        !             2: .sh NAME
        !             3: purge \- destroy all expired and temporary relations
        !             4: .sh SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .bd purge
        !             6: [
        !             7: .bd \-f
        !             8: ] [
        !             9: .bd \-p
        !            10: ] [
        !            11: .bd \-a
        !            12: ] [
        !            13: .bd \-s
        !            14: ] [
        !            15: .bd \*(+-w
        !            16: ] [ database ... ]
        !            17: .sh DESCRIPTION
        !            18: .it Purge
        !            19: searches the named databases
        !            20: deleting system temporary relations.
        !            21: When using the
        !            22: .bd \-p
        !            23: flag, expired user
        !            24: relations are deleted.
        !            25: The
        !            26: .bd \-f
        !            27: flag will cause unrecognizable files to be deleted, 
        !            28: normally purge will just report these files.
        !            29: .s3
        !            30: Only the database administrator (the DBA) for
        !            31: a database may run purge,
        !            32: except the \*(II superuser may purge
        !            33: any database by using the
        !            34: .bd \-s
        !            35: flag.
        !            36: .s3
        !            37: If no databases are specified all databases for which you
        !            38: are the DBA will be purged.
        !            39: All databases will be purged if the INGRES superuser
        !            40: has specified the
        !            41: .bd \-s
        !            42: flag.
        !            43: The
        !            44: .bd \-a
        !            45: flag will cause purge to print a message about the pending
        !            46: operation and execute it only if the response if a `y'.
        !            47: Any other response is interpreted as ``no''.
        !            48: .s3
        !            49: .it Purge
        !            50: will lock the data base while it is being processed,
        !            51: since errors may occur if the database is active while purge
        !            52: is working on the database.
        !            53: If a data base is busy
        !            54: .it purge
        !            55: will report this
        !            56: and go on to the next data base,
        !            57: if any.
        !            58: If standard input is not a
        !            59: terminal
        !            60: .it purge
        !            61: will wait for the data base to be free.
        !            62: If
        !            63: .bd \-w
        !            64: flag is stated
        !            65: .it purge
        !            66: will not wait, regardless of standard input.
        !            67: The
        !            68: .bd +w
        !            69: flag causes
        !            70: .it purge
        !            71: to always wait.
        !            72: .sh EXAMPLES
        !            73: purge \-p +w tempdata
        !            74: .br
        !            75: purge \-a \-f
        !            76: .sh "SEE ALSO"
        !            77: save(quel),
        !            78: restore(unix)
        !            79: .sh DIAGNOSTICS
        !            80: .in +4
        !            81: .ti -4
        !            82: who are you? \- you are not entered into the users file.
        !            83: .ti -4
        !            84: not ingres superuser \- you have tried to use the
        !            85: .bd \-s
        !            86: flag
        !            87: but you are not the INGRES superuser.
        !            88: .ti -4
        !            89: you are not the dba \- you have tried to purge a database
        !            90: for which you are not the DBA.
        !            91: .ti -4
        !            92: cannot access database \- the database does not exist.
        !            93: .in -4
        !            94: .sh BUGS
        !            95: If no database names are given,
        !            96: only the databases located in the directory
        !            97: .bd data/base
        !            98: are purged,
        !            99: and not the old databases
        !           100: in
        !           101: .bd datadir.
        !           102: Explicit database names still work
        !           103: for databases
        !           104: in either directory.

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