NAME

unlink − remove a file

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

The function unlink removes the file specified by the path name name. If this is the last link to the file, the contents of the file are lost.  The returned value is zero if successful, a system error code otherwise.

EXAMPLE

The following program removes the file stuff:

demo% ls

a.f     other   stuff

demo% cat a.f

        external unlink
        call unlink( ’stuff’ )
        stop
        end

demo% f77 a.f
a.f:
 MAIN:
demo% ls

a.f     a.out∗  other   stuff

demo% a.out
demo% ls

a.f     a.out∗  other

demo%

FILES

libF77.a

SEE ALSO

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

BUGS

Path names cannot be longer than MAXPATHLEN as defined in <sys/param.h>. 

SunOS 5.0  —  Last change: 07 July 1995