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 12.8 'unlink': Remove files via the unlink syscall
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 'unlink' deletes a single specified file name.  It is a minimalist
 interface to the system-provided 'unlink' function.  
 (libc)Deleting Files.  Synopsis: It avoids the bells and whistles of
 the more commonly-used 'rm' command ( rm invocation).
 
      unlink FILENAME
 
    On some systems 'unlink' can be used to delete the name of a
 directory.  On others, it can be used that way only by a privileged
 user.  In the GNU system 'unlink' can never delete the name of a
 directory.
 
    The 'unlink' command honors the '--help' and '--version' options.  To
 remove a file whose name begins with '-', prefix the name with './',
 e.g., 'unlink ./--help'.
 
    An exit status of zero indicates success, and a nonzero value
 indicates failure.
 
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