1.\" $OpenBSD: remove.3,v 1.11 2007/05/31 19:19:31 jmc Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 7.\" Chris Torek and the American National Standards Committee X3, 8.\" on Information Processing Systems. 9.\" 10.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 11.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 12.\" are met: 13.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 14.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 15.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 16.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 17.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 18.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 19.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 20.\" without specific prior written permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 32.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" @(#)remove.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 35.\" 36.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ 37.Dt REMOVE 3 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm remove 41.Nd remove a file or directory 42.Sh SYNOPSIS 43.Fd #include <stdio.h> 44.Ft int 45.Fn remove "const char *path" 46.Sh DESCRIPTION 47The 48.Fn remove 49function removes the file or directory specified by 50.Fa path . 51.Pp 52If 53.Fa path 54specifies a directory, 55.Fn remove "path" 56is the equivalent of 57.Fn rmdir "path" . 58Otherwise, it is the equivalent of 59.Fn unlink "path" . 60.Sh RETURN VALUES 61Upon successful completion, 62.Fn remove 63returns 0. 64Otherwise, \-1 is returned and the global variable 65.Va errno 66is set to indicate the error. 67.Sh ERRORS 68The 69.Fn remove 70function may fail and set 71.Va errno 72for any of the errors specified for the routines 73.Xr rmdir 2 74or 75.Xr unlink 2 . 76.Sh SEE ALSO 77.Xr rmdir 2 , 78.Xr unlink 2 79.Sh STANDARDS 80The 81.Fn remove 82function conforms to 83.St -ansiC 84and 85.St -xpg4.2 . 86