NAME
remove —
remove directory entry
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include
<stdio.h>
int
remove(const
char *path);
DESCRIPTION
The
remove()
function removes the file or directory specified by
path.
If path specifies a directory,
remove(path)
is the equivalent of
rmdir(path).
Otherwise, it is the equivalent of
unlink(path).
RETURN VALUES
The remove() function returns the
value 0 if successful; otherwise the value -1 is returned and
the global variable errno is set to indicate the
error.
ERRORS
The remove() function may fail and set
errno for any of the errors specified for the routines
lstat(2),
rmdir(2), or
unlink(2).
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The remove() function conforms to
ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (“ISO C90”)
and X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4,
Version 2 (“XPG4.2”).