NAME
remove —
remove a file or directory
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
Upon successful completion, the value 0 is returned; 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
rmdir(2) or
unlink(2).
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The remove() function conforms to
ANSI X3.159-1989 (“ANSI C89”)
and X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4,
Version 2 (“XPG4.2”).