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| <h5 class="unnumberedsubsubsec">unlink</h5> |
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| <p><a name="index-unlink_002c-file_002di_002fo-system-call-3610"></a> |
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| <dt>Synopsis:<dd> |
| <pre class="smallexample"> int unlink(const char *pathname); |
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| <br><dt>Request:<dd>‘<samp><span class="samp">Funlink,</span><var>pathnameptr</var><span class="samp">/</span><var>len</var></samp>’ |
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| <br><dt>Return value:<dd>On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned. |
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| <br><dt>Errors:<dd> |
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| <dt><code>EACCES</code><dd>No access to the file or the path of the file. |
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| <br><dt><code>EPERM</code><dd>The system does not allow unlinking of directories. |
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| <br><dt><code>EBUSY</code><dd>The file <var>pathname</var> cannot be unlinked because it's |
| being used by another process. |
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| <br><dt><code>EFAULT</code><dd><var>pathnameptr</var> is an invalid pointer value. |
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| <br><dt><code>ENAMETOOLONG</code><dd><var>pathname</var> was too long. |
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| <br><dt><code>ENOENT</code><dd>A directory component in <var>pathname</var> does not exist. |
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| <br><dt><code>ENOTDIR</code><dd>A component of the path is not a directory. |
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| <br><dt><code>EROFS</code><dd>The file is on a read-only filesystem. |
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| <br><dt><code>EINTR</code><dd>The call was interrupted by the user. |
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