1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sql/discover.h b/sql/discover.h
index fbf94891c74..e1508107235 100644
--- a/sql/discover.h
+++ b/sql/discover.h
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ int readfrm(const char *name, const uchar **data, size_t *length);
 int writefrm(const char *path, const char *db, const char *table,
              bool tmp_table, const uchar *frmdata, size_t len);
 
+/* a helper to delete an frm file, given a path w/o .frm extension */
+inline void deletefrm(const char *path)
+{
+  char frm_name[FN_REFLEN];
+  strxmov(frm_name, path, reg_ext, NullS);
+  mysql_file_delete(key_file_frm, frm_name, MYF(0));
+}
+
 int ext_table_discovery_simple(MY_DIR *dirp,
                                handlerton::discovered_list *result);
 #endif