Name

remove − removes files

Syntax

remove (path)
char *path;

Arguments

pathProvides the specification for a file or directory. 

Description

The remove library function removes a file. If the path does not name a directory then remove(path) is equivalent to unlink(path).  If the path does name a directory then remove(path) is equivalent to rmdir(path). 

Return Value

A 0 is returned if the remove succeeds; otherwise a −1 is returned and an error code is stored in the global location errno. 

See Also

errno(2), rmdir(2), unlink(2)