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<center><font size="2">The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6<br>
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IEEE Std 1003.1-2001<br>
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Copyright © 2001 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.</font></center>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_605_01"></a>NAME</h4>
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<blockquote>remove - remove a file</blockquote>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_605_02"></a>SYNOPSIS</h4>
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<blockquote class="synopsis">
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<p><code><tt>#include <<a href="../basedefs/stdio.h.html">stdio.h</a>><br>
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<br>
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int remove(const char *</tt><i>path</i><tt>);<br>
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</tt></code></p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_605_03"></a>DESCRIPTION</h4>
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<div class="box"><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]"
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border="0"> The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the
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requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 defers to
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the ISO C standard. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></div>
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<p>The <i>remove</i>() function shall cause the file named by the pathname pointed to by <i>path</i> to be no longer accessible by
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that name. A subsequent attempt to open that file using that name shall fail, unless it is created anew.</p>
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<p><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0"> If
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<i>path</i> does not name a directory, <i>remove</i>(<i>path</i>) shall be equivalent to <i>unlink</i>(<i>path</i>).</p>
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<p>If <i>path</i> names a directory, <i>remove</i>(<i>path</i>) shall be equivalent to <i>rmdir</i>(<i>path</i>). <img src=
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"../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_605_04"></a>RETURN VALUE</h4>
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<p><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
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Refer to <a href="rmdir.html"><i>rmdir</i>()</a> or <a href="unlink.html"><i>unlink</i>()</a> . <img src="../images/opt-end.gif"
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alt="[Option End]" border="0"></p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_605_05"></a>ERRORS</h4>
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<p><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
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Refer to <a href="rmdir.html"><i>rmdir</i>()</a> or <a href="unlink.html"><i>unlink</i>()</a> . <img src="../images/opt-end.gif"
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alt="[Option End]" border="0"></p>
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<div class="box"><em>The following sections are informative.</em></div>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_605_06"></a>EXAMPLES</h4>
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<h5><a name="tag_03_605_06_01"></a>Removing Access to a File</h5>
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<p>The following example shows how to remove access to a file named <b>/home/cnd/old_mods</b>.</p>
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<pre>
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<tt>#include <stdio.h>
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int status;
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status = remove("/home/cnd/old_mods");
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</tt>
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</pre>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_605_07"></a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_605_08"></a>RATIONALE</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_605_09"></a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_605_10"></a>SEE ALSO</h4>
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<p><a href="rmdir.html"><i>rmdir</i>()</a> , <a href="unlink.html"><i>unlink</i>()</a> , the Base Definitions volume of
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IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <a href="../basedefs/stdio.h.html"><i><stdio.h></i></a></p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_605_11"></a>CHANGE HISTORY</h4>
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<p>First released in Issue 3. Included for alignment with the POSIX.1-1988 standard and the ISO C standard.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_605_12"></a>Issue 6</h4>
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<p>Extensions beyond the ISO C standard are marked.</p>
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<p>The following new requirements on POSIX implementations derive from alignment with the Single UNIX Specification:</p>
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<p>The DESCRIPTION, RETURN VALUE, and ERRORS sections are updated so that if <i>path</i> is not a directory, <i>remove</i>() is
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equivalent to <a href="../functions/unlink.html"><i>unlink</i>()</a>, and if it is a directory, it is equivalent to <a href=
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"../functions/rmdir.html"><i>rmdir</i>()</a>.</p>
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