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diff --git a/man-pages-posix-2003/man3p/remove.3p b/man-pages-posix-2003/man3p/remove.3p new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b6a85c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/man-pages-posix-2003/man3p/remove.3p @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved +.TH "REMOVE" 3P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" remove +.SH PROLOG +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. +.SH NAME +remove \- remove a file +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +\fB#include <stdio.h> +.br +.sp +int remove(const char *\fP\fIpath\fP\fB); +.br +\fP +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +The \fIremove\fP() function shall cause the file named by the pathname +pointed to by \fIpath\fP 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. +.LP +If +\fIpath\fP does not name a directory, \fIremove\fP(\fIpath\fP) shall +be equivalent to \fIunlink\fP(\fIpath\fP). +.LP +If \fIpath\fP names a directory, \fIremove\fP(\fIpath\fP) shall be +equivalent to \fIrmdir\fP(\fIpath\fP). +.SH RETURN VALUE +.LP +Refer to \fIrmdir\fP() or \fIunlink\fP(). +.SH ERRORS +.LP +Refer to \fIrmdir\fP() or \fIunlink\fP(). +.LP +\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP +.SH EXAMPLES +.SS Removing Access to a File +.LP +The following example shows how to remove access to a file named \fB/home/cnd/old_mods\fP. +.sp +.RS +.nf + +\fB#include <stdio.h> +.sp + +int status; +\&... +status = remove("/home/cnd/old_mods"); +\fP +.fi +.RE +.SH APPLICATION USAGE +.LP +None. +.SH RATIONALE +.LP +None. +.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS +.LP +None. +.SH SEE ALSO +.LP +\fIrmdir\fP(), \fIunlink\fP(), the Base Definitions volume of +IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, \fI<stdio.h>\fP +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 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 . |