Deletes a file.

    Format

      #include  <stdio.h>

      int remove  (const char *file_spec);

1  –  Argument

 file_spec

    A pointer to the string that is an OpenVMS or a UNIX style file
    specification. The file specification can include a wildcard
    in its version number. So, for example, files of the form
    filename.txt;* can be deleted.

2  –  Description

    If you specify a directory in the filename and it is a search
    list that contains an error, VSI C for OpenVMS Systems
    interprets it as a file error.

                                   NOTE

       The DECC$ALLOW_REMOVE_OPEN_FILES feature logical controls
       the behavior of the remove function on open files.
       Ordinarily, the operation fails. However, POSIX conformance
       dictates that the operation succeed.

       With DECC$ALLOW_REMOVE_OPEN_FILES enabled, this POSIX
       conformant behavior is achieved.

    When remove is used to delete a symbolic link, the link itself is
    deleted, not the file to which it refers.

    The remove and delete functions are functionally equivalent in
    the C RTL.

    See also delete.

3  –  Return Values

    0                  Indicates success.
    nonzero value      Indicates failure.