Deletes a file.
Format
#include <unixio.h>
int delete (const char *file_spec);
Argument
- file_spec
- A pointer to the string that is an OpenVMS or UNIX style file
specification. The file specification can include a wildcard in its
version number (but not in any other part of the file spec). So, for
example, files of the form filename.txt;* can be deleted.
Description
If you specify a directory in the file name and it is a search
list that contains an error, DEC C for OpenVMS
Systems interprets it as a file error.
The remove and delete functions are functionally equivalent in the
DEC C RTL.
See also remove in this section.
- Note
- The delete routine is not
available to C++ programmers because it conflicts with the C++
reserved word delete. C++ programmers should use the ANSI/ISO C
standard function remove instead.
Return Values
| 0 | Indicates success. |
| nonzero value | Indicates that the operation
has failed. |
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