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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000
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+.\" $NetBSD: remove.3,v 1.3 1995/02/02 01:15:51 jtc Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
+.\" Chris Torek and the American National Standards Committee X3,
+.\" on Information Processing Systems.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
+.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
+.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+.\" without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" @(#)remove.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dt REMOVE 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm remove
+.Nd remove directory entry
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <stdio.h>
+.Ft int
+.Fn remove "const char *path"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn remove
+function
+is an alias for the
+.Xr unlink 2
+system call.
+It deletes the file referenced by
+.Fa path .
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+Upon successful completion,
+.Fn remove
+returns 0.
+Otherwise, \-1 is returned and the global variable
+.Va errno
+is set to indicate the error.
+.Sh ERRORS
+The
+.Fn remove
+function
+may fail and set
+.Va errno
+for any of the errors specified for the routine
+.Xr unlink 2 .
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr unlink 2
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn remove
+function conforms to
+.St -ansiC .