1 /* unlink-if-ordinary.c - remove link to a file unless it is special
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27 @deftypefn Supplemental int unlink_if_ordinary (const char*)
29 Unlinks the named file, unless it is special (e.g. a device file).
30 Returns 0 when the file was unlinked, a negative value (and errno set) when
31 there was an error deleting the file, and a positive value if no attempt
32 was made to unlink the file because it is special.
42 #include <sys/types.h>
51 #include "libiberty.h"
55 #define S_ISLNK(m) (((m) & S_IFMT) == S_IFLNK)
63 unlink_if_ordinary (const char *name
)
67 if (lstat (name
, &st
) == 0
68 && (S_ISREG (st
.st_mode
) || S_ISLNK (st
.st_mode
)))