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how to delete a file?

how we can delete a file in linux using c?
May 24 '07 #1
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JosAH
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how we can delete a file in linux using c?
Check out the unlink() function (its prototype is in unistd.h)

kind regards,

Jos
May 24 '07 #2
Silent1Mezzo
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remove() also works too...
May 24 '07 #3

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