Re: RFC 29 (v1) unlink() should be left alone

[Spider Boardman]

>>>>> On Fri, 4 Aug 2000 16:33:41 -0700, Damien Neil wrote (in part):

Damien> On Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 04:39:24PM -0400, Spider Boardman
Damien> wrote:
>> The C (POSIX.1) remove() function is NOT just unlink() in
>> drag.

Damien> Not everywhere, at least:

Damien> REMOVE(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual REMOVE(3)

Hmm.  OK, the reference I have is a combined one for UNIX95, so
this may be a question of XPG-only or of *which* POSIX.1 (199309
or 199506), but at least *some* versions of remove(3) are not
simply unlink(2) by another name.

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