Hi,

 I have to make a CGI in C for a UNIX station but we don't have UNIX
 at the office and I never used UNIX in the past (or let say 3 weeks..
 10 years ago). I would like to compile an ANSI C file with Visual C++
 and ship the source code to the webmaster in Toronto , but I don't
 know if there's an equivalent for the remove(filename) function
 in either ANSI C or either in the UNIX toolkit (and if so, ehat is
 the include file?)

 Also, is there something available on the web, a free compiler or
either a table with functions that can allow me to check if each
 function is really ANSI C?

 If someone has the answer, please email it to me also.

int remove(const char *filename) is stdio.h

| Hi,
|
|  I have to make a CGI in C for a UNIX station but we don't have UNIX
|  at the office and I never used UNIX in the past (or let say 3 weeks..
|  10 years ago). I would like to compile an ANSI C file with visual C++
|  and ship the source code to the webmaster in Toronto , but I don't
|  know if there's an equivalent for the remove(filename) function
|  in either ANSI C or either in the UNIX toolkit (and if so, ehat is
|  the include file?)
|
|  Also, is there something available on the web, a free compiler or
| either a table with functions that can allow me to check if each
|  function is really ANSI C?
|
|  If someone has the answer, please email it to me also.
|

First, remove(const char *filename) is ANSI/ISO standard and
should be available on all implementations.  It is also part of
the POSIX standard, but not present on some older Unix systems.

The definition states that the function returns 0 if successful
and non zero if it fails.  Using the function on a file you have
open results in implementation-defined behavior.  A successful
result means that you cannot open that file with that name
afterwards.  It does not guarantee that the file is actually
removed from the file system, because the file system belongs to
the operating system and is beyond the control of the language.

The standard document is not available on line, as the standards
organizations sell them for revenue.  You could your national
standards body (in USA it is ANSI) to buy a copy of the
standard.  ANSI sells it for about $130.00 US.

There are commercial books you could buy, which I can recommend,
which will identify all standard library functions and other
issues about standard C:

Standard C, A Reference
P.J. Plaugher and Jim Brodie
ISBN 0-13-436411-2

C, A Reference Manual
Samuel P. Harrison and Guy L. Steele, Jr.
ISBN 0-13-326224-3

You can also buy
The Annotated ANSI C Standard
Herbert Schildt
ISBN 0-07-881952-0

But be warned that there is a missing page in the standard
itself, and many errors in Schildt's annotations (of course you
don't have to read his annotations).

In your situation, if you will be dealing a lot with remote Unix
systems, you might want to buy
POSIX Programmers Guide
Donald Lewine
ISBN 0-937175-73-0

This lists every standard C and POSIX library function (and
indicates which is which), and contains suggestions for porting
to/from older, non-POSIX versions of Unix.

Jack

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On Fri, 17 Oct 1997 23:38:44 -0400, Jean-Francois Beaulieu

[...]

First of all: remove() is an ANSI C standard library function declared
in stdio.h.

ByE, MarKus.

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