amqp-delete-queue

1 RabbitMQ C Client

amqp-delete-queue

Delete a queue from an AMQP server

                amqp-delete-queue

                    OPTION

                -q queue name

## Description

`amqp-delete-queue` deletes a queue from an AMQP server, and exits after printing to standard output the number of messages that were in the queue at the time of its deletion.

## Options

`-q`

`--queue`=`queue name`

- The name of the queue to delete.

## Exit Status

If the queue was successfully deleted, the exit status is 0. If an error occurs, the exit status is 1.

## Examples

Delete the queue `myqueue` at a moment when it has 123 messages waiting on it:

-     $ amqp-delete-queue -q myqueue
      123

## See also

librabbitmq-tools

7 describes connection-related options common to all the RabbitMQ C Client tools.