remove()

Deletes a file.

  #include <stdio.h>
  
  int remove(const char *filename);

Parameter

filename

A pointer to a character string containing the name of a file.

Remarks

The remove() function deletes the named file specified by filename. remove() returns 0 if the file deletion is successful, and returns a nonzero value if it fails.

Listing: Example of remove() usage


#include <stdio.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void)

{

char filename[40];

// get a filename from the user

printf("Enter the name of the file to delete.\n");

gets(filename);

// delete the file

if (remove(filename) != 0) {

printf("Can't remove %s.\n", filename);

exit(1);

}

return 0;

}