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@(#)remove.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
$FreeBSD: releng/10.2/lib/libc/stdio/remove.3 165903 2007-01-09 00:28:16Z imp $
.Dd June 4, 1993 .Dt REMOVE 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm remove .Nd remove directory entry .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS n stdio.h .Ft int .Fn remove "const char *path" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn remove function removes the file or directory specified by .Fa path .
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.
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@(#)remove.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
$FreeBSD: releng/10.2/lib/libc/stdio/remove.3 165903 2007-01-09 00:28:16Z imp $
.Dd June 4, 1993 .Dt REMOVE 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm remove .Nd remove directory entry .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS n stdio.h .Ft int .Fn remove "const char *path" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn remove function removes the file or directory specified by .Fa path .
p If .Fa path specifies a directory, .Fn remove "path" is the equivalent of .Fn rmdir "path" . Otherwise, it is the equivalent of .Fn unlink "path" . .Sh RETURN VALUES .Rv -std remove .Sh ERRORS The .Fn remove function may fail and set .Va errno for any of the errors specified for the routines .Xr lstat 2 , .Xr rmdir 2 or .Xr unlink 2 . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr rmdir 2 , .Xr unlink 2 .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn remove function conforms to .St -isoC and .St -xpg4.2 .