Handle POSIX-compliant errno value of unlink in remove.
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1 /* ANSI C `remove' function to delete a file or directory. POSIX.1 version.
2 Copyright (C) 1995,96,97,2002,2003,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
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20 #include <errno.h>
21 #include <stdio.h>
22 #include <unistd.h>
25 #ifndef IS_NO_DIRECTORY_ERROR
26 # define IS_NO_DIRECTORY_ERROR errno != EPERM
27 #endif
30 int
31 remove (file)
32 const char *file;
34 /* First try to unlink since this is more frequently the necessary action. */
35 if (__unlink (file) != 0
36 /* If it is indeed a directory... */
37 && (IS_NO_DIRECTORY_ERROR
38 /* ...try to remove it. */
39 || __rmdir (file) != 0))
40 /* Cannot remove the object for whatever reason. */
41 return -1;
43 return 0;
45 libc_hidden_def (remove)