REMOVE(3) BSD 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 specified 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'').
BSD June 4, 1993 BSD
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RMDIR(2) BSD System Calls Manual RMDIR(2)NAME
rmdir -- remove a directory file
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int
rmdir(const char *path);
DESCRIPTION
rmdir() removes a directory file whose name is given by path. The directory must not have any entries other than '.' and '..'.
RETURN VALUES
A 0 is returned if the remove succeeds; otherwise a -1 is returned and an error code is stored in the global location errno.
ERRORS
The named file is removed unless:
[ENOTDIR] A component of the path is not a directory.
[ENAMETOOLONG] A component of a pathname exceeded {NAME_MAX} characters, or an entire path name exceeded {PATH_MAX} characters.
[ENOENT] The named directory does not exist.
[ELOOP] Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
[ENOTEMPTY] The named directory contains files other than '.' and '..' in it.
[EACCES] Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix, or write permission is denied on the directory containing
the link to be removed.
[EPERM] The directory containing the directory to be removed is marked sticky, and neither the containing directory nor the direc-
tory to be removed are owned by the effective user ID.
[EBUSY] The directory to be removed is the mount point for a mounted file system.
[EIO] An I/O error occurred while deleting the directory entry or deallocating the inode.
[EROFS] The directory entry to be removed resides on a read-only file system.
[EFAULT] path points outside the process's allocated address space.
SEE ALSO mkdir(2), unlink(2)STANDARDS
The rmdir() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (``POSIX.1'').
HISTORY
The rmdir() function call appeared in 4.2BSD.
BSD June 4, 1993 BSD
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