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- <h2 align=center>remove</h2>
- <h4 align=center>OS/161 Reference Manual</h4>
- <h3>Name</h3>
- remove - delete (unlink) a file
- <h3>Library</h3>
- Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
- <h3>Synopsis</h3>
- #include <unistd.h><br>
- <br>
- int<br>
- remove(const char *<em>pathname</em>);
- <h3>Description</h3>
- The name of the file referred to by <em>pathname</em> is removed from
- the filesystem. The actual file itself is not removed until no further
- references to it exist, whether those references are on disk or in
- memory.
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- It is an error for <em>pathname</em> to not specify an existing file
- or to refer to a directory.
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- <h3>Return Values</h3>
- On success, remove returns 0. On error, -1 is returned, and
- <A HREF=errno.html>errno</A> is set according to the error
- encountered.
- <h3>Errors</h3>
- The following error codes should be returned under the conditions
- given. Other error codes may be returned for other errors not
- mentioned here.
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- <tr><td>ENODEV</td> <td>The device prefix of <em>filename</em> did
- not exist.</td></tr>
- <tr><td>ENOTDIR</td> <td>A non-final component of <em>pathname</em>
- was not a directory.</td></tr>
- <tr><td>EISDIR</td> <td><em>pathname</em> referred to a directory.</td></tr>
- <tr><td>ENOENT</td> <td>The target file did not exist.</td></tr>
- <tr><td>EIO</td> <td>A hard I/O error occurred.</td></tr>
- <tr><td>EFAULT</td> <td><em>pathname</em> was an invalid pointer.</td></tr>
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