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unlink(2)

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UNLINK(3F)                           BSD                            UNLINK(3F)



NAME
     unlink - remove a directory entry

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

DESCRIPTION
     unlink causes the directory entry specified by pathname name to be
     removed.  If this was the last link to the file, the contents of the file
     are lost.  The returned value will be zero if successful; a system error
     code otherwise.

FILES
     /usr/lib/libU77.a

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

BUGS
     Pathnames can be no longer than MAXPATHLEN as defined in <sys/param.h>.

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