remove(S)

remove -- remove file

Synopsis

   #include <stdio.h>
   
   int remove(const char path);

Description

remove causes the file or empty directory whose name is the string pointed to by path to be no longer accessible by that name. A subsequent attempt to open that file using that name will fail, unless the file is created anew.

For files, remove is identical to unlink. For directories, remove is identical to rmdir.

See rmdir(S) and unlink(S) for a detailed list of failure conditions.

Return values

Upon successful completion, remove returns a value of 0; otherwise, it returns a value of -1 and sets errno to indicate an error.

References

rmdir(S), unlink(S)