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.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" Chris Torek and the American National Standards Committee X3,
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.\" on Information Processing Systems.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)remove.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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1999-08-28 00:22:10 +00:00
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd June 4, 1993
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.Dt REMOVE 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm remove
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.Nd remove directory entry
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <stdio.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn remove "const char *path"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn remove
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function
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is an alias for the
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.Xr unlink 2
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system call.
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It deletes the file referenced by
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.Fa path .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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Upon successful completion,
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.Fn remove
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returns 0.
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Otherwise, \-1 is returned and the global variable
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.Va errno
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is set to indicate the error.
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn remove
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function
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may fail and set
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.Va errno
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for any of the errors specified for the routine
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.Xr unlink 2 .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr unlink 2
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn remove
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function conforms to
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.St -ansiC .
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