Digital

NAME

unlink − remove a directory entry

SYNOPSIS

integer function unlink (name)
character∗(∗) name

DESCRIPTION

unlink causes the directory entry specified by pathname name to be removed.  If this was the last link to the file, the contents of the file are lost.  The returned value will be zero if successful; a system error code otherwise. 

FILES

/usr/lib/libU77.a

RELATED INFORMATION

unlink(2), link(3), perror(3)

RESTRICTIONS

Pathnames can be no longer than MAXPATHLEN as defined in <sys/param.h>.