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remove(3)						     Library Functions Manual							 remove(3)

Name
       remove - removes files

Syntax
       remove (path)
       char *path;

Arguments
       path	      Provides the specification for a file or directory.

Description
       The  library  function  removes a file. If the path does not name a directory then remove(path) is equivalent to unlink(path).  If the path
       does name a directory then remove(path) is equivalent to rmdir(path).

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.

See Also
       errno(2), rmdir(2), unlink(2)

																	 remove(3)