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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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