remove - remove a file
#include <stdio.h>
int remove(const char *path);
[CX] The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 defers to the ISO C standard.The remove() function shall cause the file named by the pathname pointed to by path to be no longer accessible by that name. A subsequent attempt to open that file using that name shall fail, unless it is created anew.
[CX] If path does not name a directory, remove(path) shall be equivalent to unlink(path).
If path names a directory, remove(path) shall be equivalent to rmdir(path).
Removing Access to a File
The following example shows how to remove access to a file named /home/cnd/old_mods.
#include <stdio.h>
int status; ... status = remove("/home/cnd/old_mods");
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rmdir(), unlink(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <stdio.h>
First released in Issue 3. Included for alignment with the POSIX.1-1988 standard and the ISO C standard.
Extensions beyond the ISO C standard are marked.
The following new requirements on POSIX implementations derive from alignment with the Single UNIX Specification: