NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     remove -- remove directory entry

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <stdio.h>

     int
     remove(const char *path);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The remove() function removes the file or directory specified by path.

     If path specifies a directory, remove(path) is the equivalent of
     rmdir(path).  Otherwise, it is the equivalent of unlink(path).

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The remove() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the
     value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the
     error.

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The remove() function may fail and set errno for any of the errors specified
 for the routines lstat(2), rmdir(2) or unlink(2).

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     rmdir(2), unlink(2)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The remove() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C89'') and
     X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4.2 (``XPG4.2'').


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