sysdeps/posix/remove.c

   1 /* ANSI C `remove' function to delete a file or directory.  POSIX.1 version.
   2 Copyright (C) 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   4
   5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
   7 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
   8 License, or (at your option) any later version.
   9
  10 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  13 Library General Public License for more details.
  14
  15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
  16 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If
  17 not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
  18 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
  19
  20 #include <errno.h>
  21 #include <stdio.h>
  22 #include <unistd.h>
  23
  24 int
  25 remove (file)
  26      const char *file;
  27 {
  28   int save;
  29
  30   save = errno;
  31   if (__rmdir (file) == 0)
  32     return 0;
  33   else if (errno == ENOTDIR && __unlink (file) == 0)
  34     {
  35       errno = save;
  36       return 0;
  37     }
  38
  39   return -1;
  40 }