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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.ner.bbnplanet.net!public.x.org!kaleb From: kaleb@x.org (Kaleb KEITHLEY) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: How to delete files within C programs Date: 14 May 96 13:21:49 GMT Organization: X Consortium Lines: 20 Message-ID: <kaleb.832080109@exalt> References: <Oum-El-Kheir.Benkahla-3004961724540001@mac-ugm-3.imag.fr> <4mq4o3$qkh@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> <4mqr1s$5ou@web.nmti.com> <4mr76q$t8i@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> <4msovu$aep@innocence.interface-business.de> <4mt9lm$32f@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> <4mv7jj$fl7@innocence.interface-business.de> <4mvdoj$6e2@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> <4mvov8$m5e@panix2.panix.com> <4n59up$33m@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> <4n76vv$29j@innocence.interface-business.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: exalt.x.org X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #5 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:22749 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1047 juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst) wrote: > Most beginners do not remain beginners later, but although later it is > much easier to remember what a function does if you can read it. > 'unlink' and 'remove' are harmless examples. 'wctomb' and 'j0' might be > better examples. I suppose it depends on your frame of reference and your experience level with ANSI/ISO C. I for one instantly recognize that wctomb() as the Wide-Char-TO-Multi-Byte string conversion function. It's really pretty silly to make vague generalizations. All you're really doing with comments like the above is showing your ignorance. Have you never heard of man pages? -- Kaleb KEITHLEY