Re: deleting content of /tmp

[Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto]

The following little C program will illustrate:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void) {
  FILE *f;

  f = fopen("check_my_size", "w");
  int i;
  for (i = 0; i < 1000000; ++i)
    fprintf(f, "This is just filler for the file");
  system("ls -lk check_my_size");
  printf("Checking utilization:\n");
  fflush(stdout);
  system("df -k");
  sleep(2);
  printf("Unlinking file\n");
  fflush(stdout);
  unlink("check_my_size");
  system("ls -lk check_my_size");
  printf("Checking utilization:\n");
  fflush(stdout);
  system("df -k");
  sleep(2);
  printf("Closing file\n");
  fflush(stdout);
  fclose(f);
  system("ls -lk check_my_size");
  printf("Checking utilization:\n");
  fflush(stdout);
  system("df -k");
  return 0;
}

Why do you use unlink() instead of remove()?
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