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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
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Sender: juengst@saph2.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst)
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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
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Henry

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