Refresh me.. Double pointer's question

I haven't coded in a while, months. Anyway I'm back and I need a little refresher.

If I have 2 pointers:
Type* ptr1;
Type* ptr2;

and set ptr2 using new, and set ptr1 to point to ptr2, how do I delete ptr2 through ptr1? I was thinking delete *ptr1 or delete &ptr1; The latter works syntactically, but not sure if it's doing what I want. Is that correct? If not, what is? Thanks

Code:

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Type* ptr1;
Type* ptr2;
ptr2 = new Type;
ptr1 = ptr2;

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Just as you would delete ptr2:

Code:

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delete ptr1;

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But wouldn't just just delete ptr1 because it's also a pointer? Or does the compiler know to delete ptr2 because ptr1 wasn't allocated with new?

delete will allow the memory that ptr1 and ptr2 point to return to the memory pool. Just remember that every new needs a delete somewhere. Remember to set the pointers to NULL.

new returns a memory address to newly allocated memory. Setting ptr1 to ptr2 means that ptr1 also points to this memory address therefore ptr1 and ptr2 not only share the same content but also the same memory address; therefore, "deleting" ptr1 will also "delete" ptr2.

Hmm... I'm not sure I agree.

Code:

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int* ptr = new int(12);
int* ptr2 = ptr;

delete ptr2; ptr2 = 0;

*ptr = 24; // bad

std::cout << *ptr << "\t" << ptr << std::endl; // Danger: This still goes through!
std::cout << *ptr2 << "\t" << ptr2 << std::endl; // Only here an Access Violation is detected

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EDIT: Hmm... I didn't set ptr to 0. Forget it. I have a dangling ptr. It was still deleted.

Which brings up the purpose of auto_ptr...