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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. | |
| 3 | .\" | |
| 4 | .\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by | |
| 5 | .\" Chris Torek. | |
| 6 | .\" | |
| 7 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.man% | |
| 8 | .\" | |
| 9 | .\" @(#)remove.3 5.1 (Berkeley) %G% | |
| 10 | .\" | |
| 11 | .TH REMOVE 3 "" | |
| 12 | .UC 7 | |
| 13 | .SH NAME | |
| 14 | remove \- remove directory entry | |
| 15 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 16 | .nf | |
| 17 | .ft B | |
| 18 | int | |
| 19 | remove(char *path); | |
| 20 | .ft R | |
| 21 | .fi | |
| 22 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 23 | .I Remove | |
| 24 | is an alias for the | |
| 25 | .IR unlink (2) | |
| 26 | system call. | |
| 27 | It deletes the file referenced by | |
| 28 | .IR path . | |
| 29 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 30 | unlink(2) | |
| 31 | .SH "RETURN VALUE" | |
| 32 | Upon successful completion, | |
| 33 | .I remove | |
| 34 | returns 0. | |
| 35 | Otherwise, \-1 is returned and the global variable | |
| 36 | .I errno | |
| 37 | is set to indicate the error. | |
| 38 | .SH ERRORS | |
| 39 | .I Remove | |
| 40 | may fail and set | |
| 41 | .I errno | |
| 42 | for any of the errors specified for the routine | |
| 43 | .IR unlink (2). | |
| 44 | .SH STANDARDS | |
| 45 | The | |
| 46 | .I remove | |
| 47 | function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C''). |