unlink and remove a file; remove is the ANSI name for unlink.

#include <io.h>

int unlink (const char *filename);


/* OR */


#include <stdio.h>

int remove (const char *filename);

Parameters

filename

Name of file to delete.

Return Values

0 (zero).

Success.

-1. The function sets errno to one of these values:

EACCES	Pathname specifies a read-only file.
ENOENT	File or pathname not found, or pathname specifies a directory.

Failure.

Requirements

See Also

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