posix man page for remove

REMOVE(3P)						     POSIX Programmer's Manual							REMOVE(3P)

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NAME
       remove -- remove a file

SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdio.h>

       int remove(const char *path);

DESCRIPTION
       The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here
       and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2008 defers to the ISO C standard.

       The  remove()  function shall cause the file named by the pathname pointed to by path to be no longer accessible by that name. A subsequent
       attempt to open that file using that name shall fail, unless it is created anew.

       If path does not name a directory, remove(path) shall be equivalent to unlink(path).

       If path names a directory, remove(path) shall be equivalent to rmdir(path).

RETURN VALUE
       Refer to rmdir() or unlink().

ERRORS
       Refer to rmdir() or unlink().

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
   Removing Access to a File
       The following example shows how to remove access to a file named /home/cnd/old_mods.

	   #include <stdio.h>

	   int status;
	   ...
	   status = remove("/home/cnd/old_mods");

APPLICATION USAGE
       None.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       rmdir(), unlink()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <stdio.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
       ogy  --	Portable  Operating  System  Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of
       Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Stan-
       dard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .

       Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source
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/The Open Group						       2013								REMOVE(3P)