[src/trunk]: src/lib/libc/stdio if the path is directory, remove(3) behaves a...

[yamt <yamt%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/010ef4b4acd5
branches:  trunk
changeset: 535104:010ef4b4acd5
user:      yamt <yamt%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sat Aug 10 09:42:23 2002 +0000

description:
if the path is directory, remove(3) behaves as rmdir instead of unlink.
from OpenBSD.

diffstat:

 lib/libc/stdio/remove.3 |  21 ++++++++++++++-------
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diffs (43 lines):

diff -r e6637212cb39 -r 010ef4b4acd5 lib/libc/stdio/remove.3
--- a/lib/libc/stdio/remove.3   Sat Aug 10 09:32:19 2002 +0000
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/remove.3   Sat Aug 10 09:42:23 2002 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: remove.3,v 1.8 2002/02/07 07:00:26 ross Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: remove.3,v 1.9 2002/08/10 09:42:23 yamt Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -52,12 +52,17 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn remove
-function
-is an alias for the
-.Xr unlink 2
-system call.
-It deletes the file referenced by
+function removes the file or directory specified by
 .Fa path .
+.Pp
+If
+.Fa path
+specifies a directory,
+.Fn remove "path"
+is the equivalent of
+.Fn rmdir "path" .
+Otherwise, it is the equivalent of
+.Fn unlink "path" .
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 Upon successful completion,
 .Fn remove
@@ -71,7 +76,9 @@
 function
 may fail and set
 .Va errno
-for any of the errors specified for the routine
+for any of the errors specified for the routines
+.Xr rmdir 2
+or
 .Xr unlink 2 .
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr rmdir 2 ,