Name
unlink
Synopsis
unlink list
Deletes a list of files. (Under Unix, it will remove
a link to a file, but the file may still exist if another link
references it.) If list is omitted, it
unlinks the file given in $_.
The function returns the number of files successfully deleted.
Note that unlink will not
delete directories unless you are the superuser and the
-U flag is supplied to Perl. Even if these
conditions are met, be warned that unlinking a directory can
inflict serious damage on your filesystem. Use rmdir instead.
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