Deleting files in C

monil · 03-13-2005, 04:33 AM

Hi,

Is it possible to delete files in the current working directory from c ?

is there any finction like file_delete() that deletes a file?

Pls help

-Monil

keefaz · 03-13-2005, 04:40 AM

Of course:
int unlink(const char *pathname);
or
int remove(const char *pathname);

man 2 unlink
man 3 remove

jonaskoelker · 03-13-2005, 09:31 AM

however, those are unportable (at least they're not ANSI compliant--but they're probably posixly correct); a `remedy' for that would be to wrap it up in a fuction that makes the appropriate call; then it's easier to change if you want to port it.

Hivemind · 03-13-2005, 10:24 AM

remove() is ISO C. unlink() is not.

jonaskoelker · 03-13-2005, 10:33 AM

sorry; my bad.