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ClearEventLogA(3w)

NAME

ClearEventLogA (ADVAPI32.@)

SYNOPSIS

BOOL ClearEventLogA
(
HANDLE hEventLog,
LPCSTR lpBackupFileName
)

DESCRIPTION

Clears the event log and optionally saves the log to a backup file.

PARAMS

hEvenLog [In] Handle to event log to clear.

lpBackupFileName [In] Name of the backup file.

RETURNS

Success: nonzero. if lpBackupFileName != NULL, lpBackupFileName will contain the contents of hEvenLog and the log will be cleared.

Failure: zero. Fails if the event log is empty or if lpBackupFileName exists.

IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in "winbase.h".

Implemented in "dlls/advapi32/eventlog.c".

Debug channel "advapi".

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