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-'\" t
-.\" This file is derived from unlink.2, which has the following copyright:
-.\"
-.\" This manpage is Copyright (C) 1992 Drew Eckhardt;
-.\" and Copyright (C) 1993 Ian Jackson.
-.\"
-.\" Edited into remove.3 shape by:
-.\" Graeme W. Wilford (G.Wilford@ee.surrey.ac.uk) on 13th July 1994
-.\"
-.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
-.\"
-.TH remove 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
-.SH NAME
-remove \- remove a file or directory
-.SH LIBRARY
-Standard C library
-.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.nf
-.B #include <stdio.h>
-.PP
-.BI "int remove(const char *" pathname );
-.fi
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.BR remove ()
-deletes a name from the filesystem.
-It calls
-.BR unlink (2)
-for files, and
-.BR rmdir (2)
-for directories.
-.PP
-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.
-.PP
-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.
-.PP
-If the name referred to a symbolic link, the link is removed.
-.PP
-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.
-.SH RETURN VALUE
-On success, zero is returned.
-On error, \-1 is returned, and
-.I errno
-is set to indicate the error.
-.SH ERRORS
-The errors that occur are those for
-.BR unlink (2)
-and
-.BR rmdir (2).
-.SH ATTRIBUTES
-For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
-.BR attributes (7).
-.ad l
-.nh
-.TS
-allbox;
-lbx lb lb
-l l l.
-Interface Attribute Value
-T{
-.BR remove ()
-T} Thread safety MT-Safe
-.TE
-.hy
-.ad
-.sp 1
-.SH STANDARDS
-C11, POSIX.1-2008.
-.SH HISTORY
-POSIX.1-2001, C89, 4.3BSD.
-.\" .SH NOTES
-.\" Under libc4 and libc5,
-.\" .BR remove ()
-.\" was an alias for
-.\" .BR unlink (2)
-.\" (and hence would not remove directories).
-.SH BUGS
-Infelicities in the protocol underlying NFS can cause the unexpected
-disappearance of files which are still being used.
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR rm (1),
-.BR unlink (1),
-.BR link (2),
-.BR mknod (2),
-.BR open (2),
-.BR rename (2),
-.BR rmdir (2),
-.BR unlink (2),
-.BR mkfifo (3),
-.BR symlink (7)