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).

SEE ALSO

rmdir(2), 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”).