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From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to delete files within C programs
Date: 1 May 1996 18:28:44 GMT
Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI
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In article <4m7sr3$rf9@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de>,
Henry G. Juengst <juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de> wrote:
> 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 ? 

Why is a beginner programming in "C" rather than something higher level
in the first place?

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