Man Page unlink.3f

NAME

     unlink - remove a file

SYNOPSIS

     integer function unlink ( name )
     character *(*) name

DESCRIPTION

     The function unlink removes the file specified by  the  path
     name  name.   If this is the last link to the file, the con-
     tents of the file are lost.  The returned value is  zero  if
     successful, a system error code otherwise.

EXAMPLE

     The following program removes the file stuff:

     demo% ls
     a.f     other   stuff
     demo% cat a.f
             external unlink
             call unlink( 'stuff' )
             stop
             end
     demo% f77 a.f
     a.f:
      MAIN:
     demo% ls
     a.f     a.out*  other   stuff
     demo% a.out
     demo% ls
     a.f     a.out*  other
     demo%

FILES

     libfui.a

SEE ALSO

     unlink(2), link(3F), perror(3F)

BUGS

     Path names cannot be longer than MAXPATHLEN  as  defined  in
     <sys/param.h>.