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REMOVE(3) Linux Programmer's Manual REMOVE(3)
remove - remove a file or directory
#include <stdio.h>
int remove(const char *pathname);
remove() deletes a name from the filesystem. It calls unlink(2)
for files, and rmdir(2) for directories.
If the removed name was the last link to a file and no processes
have the file open, the file is deleted and the space it was
using is made available for reuse.
If the name was the last link to a file, but any processes still
have the file open, the file will remain in existence until the
last file descriptor referring to it is closed.
If the name referred to a symbolic link, the link is removed.
If the name referred to a socket, FIFO, or device, the name is
removed, but processes which have the object open may continue to
use it.
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and
errno is set appropriately.
The errors that occur are those for unlink(2) and rmdir(2).
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
┌──────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├──────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│remove() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└──────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, 4.3BSD.
Infelicities in the protocol underlying NFS can cause the
unexpected disappearance of files which are still being used.
rm(1), unlink(1), link(2), mknod(2), open(2), rename(2),
rmdir(2), unlink(2), mkfifo(3), symlink(7)
This page is part of release 5.10 of the Linux man-pages project.
A description of the project, information about reporting bugs,
and the latest version of this page, can be found at
https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
GNU 2017-09-15 REMOVE(3)
Pages that refer to this page: unlink(2), stdio(3), symlink(7)
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