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remove(3C)

NAME

remove − remove file

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>

int remove(const char ∗path);

DESCRIPTION

remove() causes the file or empty directory whose name is the string pointed to by path to be no longer accessible by that name.  A subsequent attempt to open that file using that name will fail, unless the file is created anew. 

For files, remove() is identical to unlink().  For directories, remove() is identical to rmdir(). 

See rmdir(2) and unlink(2) for a detailed list of failure conditions. 

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, remove() returns a value of 0; otherwise, it returns a value of −1 and sets errno to indicate an error. 

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT-Level MT-Safe

SEE ALSO

rmdir(2), unlink(2), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.6  —  Last change: 29 Dec 1996

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