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
