remove3
Remove directory entry
Usage
#include <stdio.h>
int
remove(const char *path);
Library
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
Overview
The remove() function removes the file or directory specified by path.
If path specifies a directory, remove(path) is the equivalent of rmdir(path). Otherwise, it is the equivalent of unlink(path).
Return values
The remove() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.
Errors
The remove() function may fail and set errno for any of the errors specified for the routines lstat(2), rmdir(2) or unlink(2).
Releases
87 releases since FreeBSD 2.0.5-RELEASE; the text changed 41 times.