REMOVE(3)                  Linux Programmer's Manual                 REMOVE(3)

NAME
       remove - remove a file or directory

SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdio.h>

       int remove(const char *pathname);

DESCRIPTION
       remove()  deletes  a  name from the filesystem.  It calls unlink(2) for
       files, and rmdir(2) 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 is removed,
       but processes which have the object open may continue to use it.

RETURN VALUE
       On  success,  zero is returned.  On error, -1 is returned, and errno is
       set appropriately.

ERRORS
       The errors that occur are those for unlink(2) and rmdir(2).

ATTRIBUTES
   Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
       The remove() function is thread-safe.

CONFORMING TO
       C89, C99, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.

BUGS
       Infelicities in the protocol underlying NFS can  cause  the  unexpected
       disappearance of files which are still being used.

SEE ALSO
       rm(1),  unlink(1),  link(2),  mknod(2),  open(2),  rename(2), rmdir(2),
       unlink(2), mkfifo(3), symlink(7)

COLOPHON
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       latest    version    of    this    page,    can     be     found     at
       http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

GNU                               2014-08-19                         REMOVE(3)

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