sysdeps/posix/remove.c

   1 /* ANSI C `remove' function to delete a file or directory.  POSIX.1 version.
   2    Copyright (C) 1995,96,97,2002,2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   4
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   7    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
   8    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
   9
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  18    02111-1307 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   /* First try to unlink since this is more frequently the necessary action. */
  29   if (__unlink (file) != 0
  30       /* If it is indeed a directory...  */
  31       && (errno != EISDIR
  32           /* ...try to remove it.  */
  33           || __rmdir (file) != 0))
  34     /* Cannot remove the object for whatever reason.  */
  35     return -1;
  36
  37   return 0;
  38 }
  39 libc_hidden_def (remove)