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 remove(S)                      6 January 1993                      remove(S)


 Name

    remove - removes filename

 Syntax


    cc  . . .  -lc


    #include  <stdio.h>

    int remove (filename)
    const char *filename;


 Description

    The remove function causes the file whose name is the string pointed to
    by filename to be no longer accessible by that name. A subsequent attempt
    to open that file using that name fails, unless it is created anew.  If
    the file is open, the behavior of the remove function is implementation-
    defined.

 Return value

    The remove function returns zero if the operation succeeds, nozero if it
    fails.

 Standards conformance

    remove is conformant with:
    IEEE POSIX Std 1003.1-1990 System Application Program Interface (API) [C
    Language] (ISO/IEC 9945-1);
    and NIST FIPS 151-1.