REMOVE(3) Library Functions Manual REMOVE(3)

removeremove directory entry

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

#include <stdio.h>

int
remove(const char *path);

The () function removes the file or directory specified by path.

If path specifies a directory, (path) is the equivalent of (path). Otherwise, it is the equivalent of (path).

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.

The remove() function may fail and set errno for any of the errors specified for the routines lstat(2), rmdir(2), or unlink(2).

rmdir(2), unlink(2)

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

June 4, 1993 macOS 15.0