remove(3p) — Linux manual page

REMOVE(3P)              POSIX Programmer's Manual             REMOVE(3P)

PROLOG         top

       This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The
       Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
       corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
       or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME         top

       remove — remove a file

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <stdio.h>

       int remove(const char *path);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The functionality described on this reference page is aligned
       with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements
       described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This
       volume of POSIX.1‐2017 defers to the ISO C standard.

       The remove() function shall cause the file named by the pathname
       pointed to by path to be no longer accessible by that name. A
       subsequent attempt to open that file using that name shall fail,
       unless it is created anew.

       If path does not name a directory, remove(path) shall be
       equivalent to unlink(path).

       If path names a directory, remove(path) shall be equivalent to
       rmdir(path).

RETURN VALUE         top

       Refer to rmdir(3p) or unlink(3p).

ERRORS         top

       Refer to rmdir(3p) or unlink(3p).

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES         top

   Removing Access to a File
       The following example shows how to remove access to a file named
       /home/cnd/old_mods.

           #include <stdio.h>

           int status;
           ...
           status = remove("/home/cnd/old_mods");

APPLICATION USAGE         top

       None.

RATIONALE         top

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS         top

       None.

SEE ALSO         top

       rmdir(3p), unlink(3p)

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, stdio.h(0p)

COPYRIGHT         top

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
       form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
       Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
       Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
       (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
       Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.  In the event of any
       discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The
       Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group
       Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be
       obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

       Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page
       are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of
       the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see
       https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

IEEE/The Open Group               2017                        REMOVE(3P)

Pages that refer to this page: stdio.h(0p),  rm(1p),  rmdir(1p),  rmdir(3p),  unlink(3p)

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