NAME

unlink — unlink filenames and possibly the referred files

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

unlink deletes each file link from the filesystem. If file was the last link and no processes have it open, file is deleted.

EXIT STATUS

The unlink utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

ln(1), rm(1)

STANDARDS

unlink should be compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.1-2024 (“POSIX.1”) specification.

AUTHORS

Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier <contact+utils@hacktivis.me>