unlink(3F)

Name

unlink - remove a file

Synopsis

integer function unlink ( name )
character *(*) name

Description

The function unlink removes the file specified by the path name name. If this is the last link to the file, the contents of the file are lost. The returned value is zero if successful, a system error code otherwise.

EXAMPLE

The following program removes the file stuff:

 
demo% ls
a.f     other   stuff
demo% cat a.f
       external unlink
       call unlink( 'stuff' )
       stop
       end
demo% f77 a.f
a.f:
 MAIN:
demo% ls
a.f     a.out*  other   stuff
demo% a.out
demo% ls
a.f     a.out*  other
demo%

Files

libfsu.a

See Also

unlink(2), link(3F), perror(3F)

Bugs

Path names cannot be longer than MAXPATHLEN as defined in <sys/param.h>.