unlink(3f) bsd man page | unix.com

Man Page: unlink

Operating Environment: bsd

Section: 3f

UNLINK(3F)																UNLINK(3F)

NAME
unlink - remove a directory entry
SYNOPSIS
integer function unlink (name) character*(*) name
DESCRIPTION
Unlink causes the directory entry specified by pathname 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.
FILES
/usr/lib/libU77.a
SEE ALSO
unlink(2), link(3F), filsys(5), perror(3F)
BUGS
Pathnames can be no longer than MAXPATHLEN as defined in <sys/param.h>. 4.2 Berkeley Distribution May 15, 1985 UNLINK(3F)
Related Man Pages
unlinkat(2) - mojave
unlink(2) - bsd
unlink(1) - debian
unlink(2) - minix
unlink(1) - osf1
Similar Topics in the Unix Linux Community
What does unlink&quot;tmep.log&quot; do?
mv: cannot unlink ????
perl unlink question
Accidentally did a unlink inet
How do you delete files that are seemingly missing inodes?