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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
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Merging upstream version 6.8.
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diff --git a/man3/remove.3 b/man3/remove.3 deleted file mode 100644 index 48ca0a6..0000000 --- a/man3/remove.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,93 +0,0 @@ -'\" 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 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" -.SH NAME -remove \- remove a file or directory -.SH LIBRARY -Standard C library -.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) -.SH SYNOPSIS -.nf -.B #include <stdio.h> -.P -.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. -.P -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. -.P -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. -.P -If the name referred to a symbolic link, the link is removed. -.P -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). -.TS -allbox; -lbx lb lb -l l l. -Interface Attribute Value -T{ -.na -.nh -.BR remove () -T} Thread safety MT-Safe -.TE -.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) |