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UNLINK(2)							     UNLINK(2)

NAME
       unlink - remove directory entry

SYNOPSIS
       unlink(name)
       char *name;

DESCRIPTION
       Name  points to a null-terminated string.  Unlink removes the entry for
       the file pointed to by name from its directory.	If this entry was  the
       last  link to the file, the contents of the file are freed and the file
       is destroyed.  If, however, the file  was  open	in  any	 process,  the
       actual  destruction  is	delayed	 until	it  is closed, even though the
       directory entry has disappeared.

SEE ALSO
       rm(1), link(2)

DIAGNOSTICS
       Zero is normally returned; -1 indicates that the file does  not	exist,
       that  its  directory  cannot be written, or that the file contains pure
       procedure text that is currently	 in  use.   Write  permission  is  not
       required	 on the file itself.  It is also illegal to unlink a directory
       (except for the super-user).

ASSEMBLER
       (unlink = 10.)
       sys unlink; name

								     UNLINK(2)

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