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+/*
+ * These utility functions loosely make up a Citadel protocol client library.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 by the citadel.org team
+ *
+ * This program is open source software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#include "webcit.h"
+
+
+/*
+ * Delete one or more messages from the connected Citadel server.
+ * This function expects the session to already be "in" the room from which the messages will be deleted.
+ */
+void ctdl_delete_msgs(struct ctdlsession *c, long *msgnums, int num_msgs)
+{
+ int i = 0;
+ char buf[1024];
+
+ if ( (c == NULL) || (msgnums == NULL) || (num_msgs < 1) )
+ {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ i = 0;
+ strcpy(buf, "DELE ");
+ do {
+ sprintf(&buf[strlen(buf)], "%ld", msgnums[i]);
+ if ( (((i+1)%50)==0) || (i==num_msgs-1)) // delete up to 50 messages with one server command
+ {
+ syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "%s", buf);
+ ctdl_printf(c, "%s", buf);
+ ctdl_readline(c, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "%s", buf);
+ }
+ else {
+ strcat(buf, ",");
+ }
+ } while (++i < num_msgs);
+}