1MONGOC_COLLECTION_DELETE(3) libmongoc MONGOC_COLLECTION_DELETE(3)
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6 mongoc_collection_delete - mongoc_collection_delete()
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10 mongoc_collection_delete (mongoc_collection_t *collection,
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12 const bson_t *selector,
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15 BSON_GNUC_DEPRECATED_FOR (mongoc_collection_delete_one or
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19 Please use mongoc_collection_delete_one() or mongoc_collec‐
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34 This function shall delete documents in the given collection that match
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601.16.2 Feb 25, 2020 MONGOC_COLLECTION_DELETE(3)