Re: RFC 29 (v1) unlink() should be left alone

[Spider Boardman]

The C (POSIX.1) remove() function is NOT just unlink() in drag.
It's something like this (in perl):

    sub remove ($) {
        if ( !-l $_[0] && -d _ ) {
            rmdir $_[0];
        }
        else {
            unlink $_[0];
        }
    }

In other words, it's rmdir() if its argument is a directory, and
unlink() otherwise.

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