.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
.\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
.\" Chris Torek and the American National Standards Committee X3,
.\" on Information Processing Systems.
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.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
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.\"     @(#)remove.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 06/04/93
.\"
.Dd 
.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 .