1.\" $NetBSD: remove.3,v 1.4 1997/06/03 22:28:25 kleink Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 7.\" Chris Torek and the American National Standards Committee X3, 8.\" on Information Processing Systems. 9.\" 10.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 11.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 12.\" are met: 13.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 14.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 15.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 16.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 17.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 18.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 19.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 20.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 21.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 22.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 23.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 24.\" without specific prior written permission. 25.\" 26.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 27.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 28.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 29.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 30.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 31.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 32.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 33.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 34.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 35.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 36.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 37.\" 38.\" @(#)remove.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 39.\" 40.Dd June 4, 1993 41.Dt REMOVE 3 42.Os 43.Sh NAME 44.Nm remove 45.Nd remove directory entry 46.Sh SYNOPSIS 47.Fd #include <stdio.h> 48.Ft int 49.Fn remove "const char *path" 50.Sh DESCRIPTION 51The 52.Fn remove 53function 54is an alias for the 55.Xr unlink 2 56system call. 57It deletes the file referenced by 58.Fa path . 59.Sh RETURN VALUES 60Upon successful completion, 61.Fn remove 62returns 0. 63Otherwise, \-1 is returned and the global variable 64.Va errno 65is set to indicate the error. 66.Sh ERRORS 67The 68.Fn remove 69function 70may fail and set 71.Va errno 72for any of the errors specified for the routine 73.Xr unlink 2 . 74.Sh SEE ALSO 75.Xr rmdir 2 , 76.Xr unlink 2 77.Sh STANDARDS 78The 79.Fn remove 80function conforms to 81.St -ansiC . 82