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Standard C Library Functions                           remove(3C)



NAME
     remove - remove file

SYNOPSIS
     #include 

     int remove(const char *path);


DESCRIPTION
     The remove() function 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  direc-
     tories, 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  0.  Otherwise,
     it returns -1 and sets errno to indicate an error.

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Committed                   |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | MT-Level                    | MT-Safe                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Standard                    | See standards(5).           |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     rmdir(2), unlink(2), attributes(5), standards(5)








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