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.TH "JOURNAL_WIPE" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
journal_wipe \- Wipe journal contents
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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int journal_wipe  (journal_t * \fIjournal\fB, int \fIwrite\fB);
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIjournal\fB\fR
Journal to act on.
.TP
\fB\fIwrite\fB\fR
flag (see below)
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Wipe out all of the contents of a journal, safely.  This will produce
a warning if the journal contains any valid recovery information.
Must be called between journal_init_*() and \fBjournal_load\fR\&.
.PP
If 'write' is non-zero, then we wipe out the journal on disk; otherwise
we merely suppress recovery.