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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.ruhr-uni-bochum.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 19:35:48 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Strahlen- und Kernphysik Lines: 29 Sender: juengst@saph2.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst) Distribution: world Message-ID: <4m8eek$ibu@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> References: <Oum-El-Kheir.Benkahla-3004961724540001@mac-ugm-3.imag.fr> <4m5p3k$3nq@dfw-ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> <4m7sr3$rf9@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> <4m8ags$2vo@web.nmti.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:22322 comp.unix.bsd.misc:880 In article <4m8ags$2vo@web.nmti.com>, peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article <4m7sr3$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? Good question. "C" + "Unix" are IMHO hackware and not suitable for beginners. > >-- >Peter da Silva (NIC: PJD2) `-_-' 1601 Industrial Boulevard >Bailey Network Management 'U` Sugar Land, TX 77487-5013 >+1 713 274 5180 "Har du kramat din varg idag?" USA >Bailey pays for my technical expertise. My opinions probably scare them 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.