## e-source-util e-source-util |

## Functions

EActivity * | e_source_util_remove ()
EActivity * | e_source_util_write ()
EActivity * | e_source_util_remote_delete ()

## Description

## Functions

### e_source_util_remove ()

    EActivity *
    e_source_util_remove (ESource *source,
                          EAlertSink *alert_sink);

`e_source_util_remove` is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Requests the D-Bus service to delete the key files for `source` and all of its descendants and broadcast their removal to all clients. If an error occurs, an EAlert will be posted to `alert_sink` .

This function does not block. The returned EActivity can either be ignored or passed to something that can display activity status to the user, such as `e_shell_backend_add_activity()`.

#### Parameters

source | the ESource to be removed |
alert_sink | an EAlertSink |

#### Returns

an EActivity to track the operation

### e_source_util_write ()

    EActivity *
    e_source_util_write (ESource *source,
                         EAlertSink *alert_sink);

`e_source_util_write` is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Submits the current contents of `source` to the D-Bus service to be written to disk and broadcast to other clients. If an error occurs, an EAlert will be posted to `alert_sink` .

This function does not block. The returned EActivity can either be ignored or passed to something that can display activity status to the user, such as `e_shell_backend_add_activity()`.

#### Parameters

source | an ESource |
alert_sink | an EAlertSink |

#### Returns

an EActivity to track the operation

### e_source_util_remote_delete ()

    EActivity *
    e_source_util_remote_delete (ESource *source,
                                 EAlertSink *alert_sink);

`e_source_util_remote_delete` is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Deletes the resource represented by `source` from a remote server. The `source` must be “remote-deletable”. This will also delete the key file for `source` and broadcast its removal to all clients, similar to `e_source_util_remove()`. If an error occurs, an EAlert will be posted to `alert_sink` .

This function does not block. The returned EActivity can either be ignored or passed to something that can display activity status to the user, such as `e_shell_backend_add_activity()`.

#### Parameters

source | an ESource |
alert_sink | an EAlertSink |

#### Returns

an EActivity to track the operation

## Types and Values