27
Input/output library
[input.output]
27.11
File systems
[filesystems]
27.11.14
Filesystem operation functions
[fs.op.funcs]
27.11.14.30
Remove
[fs.op.remove]
🔗
bool remove(const path& p); bool remove(const path& p, error_code& ec) noexcept;
1
#
Effects:
If
exists(symlink_status(p, ec))
, the file
p
is removed as if by POSIX
remove()
.
[
 
Note
:
A symbolic link is itself removed, rather than the file it resolves to
.
—
 
end note
 
]
2
#
Ensures:
exists(symlink_status(p))
is
false
.
3
#
Returns:
false
if
p
did not exist, otherwise
true
.
The signature with argument
ec
returns
false
if an error occurs
.
4
#
Throws:
As specified in
[fs.err.report]
.