Query: remove
OS: ultrix
Section: 3
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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)