Originální popis anglicky:
remove - delete a name and possibly the file it refers to
Návod, kniha: GNU
#include <stdio.h>
int remove(const char *pathname);
remove deletes a name from the filesystem. It calls
unlink for
files, and
rmdir for directories.
If the removed name was the last link to a file and no processes have the file
open the file is deleted and the space it was using is made available for
reuse.
If the name was the last link to a file but any processes still have the file
open the file will remain in existence until the last file descriptor
referring to it is closed.
If the name referred to a symbolic link the link is removed.
If the name referred to a socket, fifo or device the name for it is removed but
processes which have the object open may continue to use it.
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and
errno is set
appropriately.
The errors that occur are those for
unlink(2) and
rmdir(2).
ANSI C, SVID, AT&T, POSIX, X/OPEN, BSD 4.3
Infelicities in the protocol underlying NFS can cause the unexpected
disappearance of files which are still being used.
Under libc4 and libc5,
remove was an alias for unlink (and hence would
not remove directories).
rm(1),
link(2),
mknod(2),
open(2),
rename(2),
rmdir(2),
unlink(2),
mkfifo(3),
unlink(8)
