MONGOC_GRIDFS_FILE_REMOVE(3)

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version 2.5.6 · 16 versions
, in epel 10

💅 mongoc_gridfs_file_remove(3) — a libmongoc moment 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the glow-up of mongoc_gridfs_file_remove(3) from libmongoc ✨ this little function is here to remove a GridFS file and its data chunks from the MongoDB server, and yes, it ate 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool
mongoc_gridfs_file_remove (mongoc_gridfs_file_t *file, bson_error_t *error);

🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

  • file — a mongoc_gridfs_file_t. that's the file bestie, the main character of this whole operation 👑
  • error — an optional location for a bson_error_t, or NULL. optional, but lowkey useful if things go sideways 🙈

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this is the part where it removes file and its data chunks from the MongoDB server. like, the whole file-and-chunks situation is getting removed from the server, periodt. no cap, that's the vibe 💖

🌸 RETURNS 🌸

returns true if successful. returns false and sets error if there are invalid arguments or a server or network error. so yeah, true is the slay outcome, false is the "check error" outcome 😭

🌈 ERRORS 🌈

errors are propagated via the error parameter. that's it, that's the whole error pipeline bestie 🫶

👑 AUTHOR 👑

MongoDB, Inc

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc.

k bye, this iconic page comes from libmongoc version 2.5.6, dated Oct 09, 2026 — mwah 💋

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