[fs.op.remove] (original) (raw)

31 Input/output library [input.output]

31.12 File systems [filesystems]

31.12.13 Filesystem operation functions [fs.op.funcs]

31.12.13.31 Remove [fs.op.remove]

bool filesystem::remove(const path& p);bool filesystem::remove(const path& p, error_code& ec) noexcept;

Effects: If exists(symlink_status(p, ec)), the file p is removed as if by POSIX remove.

[Note 1:

A symbolic link is itself removed, rather than the file it resolves to.

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Postconditions: exists(symlink_status(p)) is false.

Returns: true if a file p has been removed and false otherwise.

[Note 2:

Absence of a file p is not an error.

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