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author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:31:19 +0100
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@node remove
@section @code{remove}
@findex remove

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/remove.html}

Gnulib module: remove

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function fails to reject trailing slashes on non-directories on
some platforms:
FreeBSD 7.2, Solaris 9.
@item
This function mistakenly removes a directory with
@code{remove("dir/./")} on some platforms:
Cygwin 1.5.x.
@item
This function does not remove empty directories on some platforms:
mingw.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize