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REMOVE(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual REMOVE(3)
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 speci-
fied for the routines lstat(2), rmdir(2) or unlink(2).
SEE ALSO
rmdir(2), unlink(2)
STANDARDS
The remove() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C90'') and
X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4, Version 2 (``XPG4.2'').
FreeBSD 6.2 June 4, 1993 FreeBSD 6.2
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