.TH UNLINK 3F "18 July 1983" .UC 4 .SH NAME unlink \- remove a directory entry .SH SYNOPSIS .B integer function unlink (name) .br .B character*(*) name .SH DESCRIPTION .I Unlink causes the directory entry specified by pathname .I name to be removed. If this was the last link to the file, the contents of the file are lost. The returned value will be zero if successful; a system error code otherwise. .SH FILES .ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libU77.a .el /usr/lib/libU77.a .SH "SEE ALSO" unlink(2), link(3F), filsys(5), perror(3F) .SH BUGS Pathnames can be no longer than MAXPATHLEN as defined in .RI < sys/param.h >.