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+<h3>UNLINK(2) Linux Programmer's Manual UNLINK(2)
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+<h3>NAME
+</h3> unlink - delete a name and possibly the file it refers to
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+<h3>SYNOPSIS
+</h3> #include &lt;unistd.h&gt;
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+ int unlink(const char *pathname);
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+<h3>DESCRIPTION
+</h3> unlink deletes a name from the filesystem. If that 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.
+
+ 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.
+
+ If the name referred to a symbolic link the link is
+ removed.
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+ If the name referred to a socket, fifo or device the name
+ for it is removed but processes which have the object open
+ may continue to use it.
+
+<h3>RETURN VALUE
+</h3> On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned,
+ and errno is set appropriately.
+
+<h3>ERRORS
+</h3> EFAULT pathname points outside your accessible address
+ space.
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+ EACCES Write access to the directory containing pathname
+ is not allowed for the process's effective uid, or
+ one of the directories in pathname did not allow
+ search (execute) permission.
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+ EPERM The directory containing pathname has the sticky-
+ bit (S_ISVTX) set and the process's effective uid
+ is neither the uid of the file to be deleted nor
+ that of the directory containing it.
+
+ ENAMETOOLONG
+ pathname was too long.
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+ ENOENT A directory component in pathname does not exist
+ or is a dangling symbolic link.
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+ ENOTDIR A component used as a directory in pathname is
+ not, in fact, a directory.
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+ EISDIR pathname refers to a directory.
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+<h3>Linux 24 July 1993 1
+</h3>
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+<h3>UNLINK(2) Linux Programmer's Manual UNLINK(2)
+</h3>
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+ ENOMEM Insufficient kernel memory was available.
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+ EROFS pathname refers to a file on a read-only filesys-
+ tem.
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+<h3>CONFORMING TO
+</h3> SVID, AT&T, POSIX, X/OPEN, BSD 4.3
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+<h3>BUGS
+</h3> Infelicities in the protocol underlying NFS can cause the
+ unexpected disappearance of files which are still being
+ used.
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+</pre>
+<hr>
+<h3>SEE ALSO
+</h3><p>
+<a href=link.htm>link</a>,
+<a href=rename.htm>rename</a>,
+<a href=../FUNCTIONS/open.html>open</a>,
+<a href=rmdir.htm>rmdir</a>,
+<a href=mknod.htm>mknod</a>,
+<a href=remove.htm>remove</a>,
+<a href=rm.htm>rm</a>,
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