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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.uoknor.edu!news.nodak.edu!netnews1.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!uw-beaver!uhog.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!saph2.physik.uni-bonn.de!juengst From: juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: How to delete files within C programs Date: 1 May 1996 14:35:15 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Strahlen- und Kernphysik Lines: 24 Sender: juengst@saph2.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst) Distribution: world Message-ID: <4m7sr3$rf9@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> References: <Oum-El-Kheir.Benkahla-3004961724540001@mac-ugm-3.imag.fr> <4m5p3k$3nq@dfw-ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de NNTP-Posting-Host: saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:22296 comp.unix.bsd.misc:872 In article <4m5p3k$3nq@dfw-ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>, SolutionWorks <solwork@popd.ix.netcom.com> writes: >Very simple solution, use the 'unlink' system function to delete files This might be a simple solution if you know the solution, but why should a beginner know that the function to delete a file is not something like 'delete_file', but 'unlink' in the unix mud ? >from C programs. If the name of the file is variable, use 'sprintf' Same for 'sprintf'. This is not a function for fast sprinter. .-) >to create the filename, then 'unlink' to delete it... > >Rich Henry -- juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de [131.220.161.1] (Internet) omni:.de.uni-bonn.physik.saph1::juengst (DECnet/OSI, phase V) saph1::juengst [26.358] (DECnet, phase IV) Any opinions in this mail are my own.