REMOVE(3) |
FreeBSD 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).
STANDARDS
The
remove() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (“ISO C90”) and X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4, Version 2 (“XPG4.2”).