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1.1     ! root        1: .TH UNLINK 2 "2 July 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: unlink \- remove directory entry
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .nf
        !             7: .ft B
        !             8: unlink(path)
        !             9: char *path;
        !            10: .fi
        !            11: .ft R
        !            12: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            13: .I Unlink
        !            14: removes the entry for the file
        !            15: .I path
        !            16: from its directory.
        !            17: If this entry was the last link to the file,
        !            18: and no process has the file open, then
        !            19: all resources associated with the file are reclaimed.
        !            20: If, however, the file was open in any process, the actual
        !            21: resource reclamation is delayed until it is closed,
        !            22: even though the directory entry has disappeared.
        !            23: .SH "RETURN VALUE
        !            24: Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
        !            25: Otherwise, a value of \-1 is returned and
        !            26: .I errno
        !            27: is set to indicate the error.
        !            28: .SH "ERRORS
        !            29: The \fIunlink\fP succeeds unless:
        !            30: .TP 15
        !            31: [EPERM]
        !            32: The path contains a character with the high-order bit set.
        !            33: .TP 15
        !            34: [ENOENT]
        !            35: The path name is too long.
        !            36: .TP 15
        !            37: [ENOTDIR]
        !            38: A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
        !            39: .TP 15
        !            40: [ENOENT]
        !            41: The named file does not exist.
        !            42: .TP 15
        !            43: [EACCES]
        !            44: Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix.
        !            45: .TP 15
        !            46: [EACCES]
        !            47: Write permission is denied on the directory containing the link
        !            48: to be removed.
        !            49: .TP 15
        !            50: [EPERM]
        !            51: The named file is a directory and the effective user ID
        !            52: of the process is not the super-user.
        !            53: .TP 15
        !            54: [EBUSY]
        !            55: The entry to be unlinked is the mount point for a
        !            56: mounted file system.
        !            57: .TP 15
        !            58: [EROFS]
        !            59: The named file resides on a read-only file system.
        !            60: .TP 15
        !            61: [EFAULT]
        !            62: .I Path
        !            63: points outside the process's allocated address space.
        !            64: .TP 15
        !            65: [ELOOP]
        !            66: Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
        !            67: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            68: close(2), link(2), rmdir(2)

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