GRASS GIS 7 Programmer's Manual  7.0.3(2016)-r00000
remove.c File Reference

GIS Library - File remove functions. More...

#include <grass/config.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <grass/gis.h>
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Functions

int G_remove (const char *element, const char *name)
 Remove a database file. More...
 
int G_remove_misc (const char *dir, const char *element, const char *name)
 Remove a database misc file. More...
 

Detailed Description

GIS Library - File remove functions.

(C) 2001-2009 by the GRASS Development Team

This program is free software under the GNU General Public License (>=v2). Read the file COPYING that comes with GRASS for details.

Author
Original author CERL

Definition in file remove.c.

Function Documentation

int G_remove ( const char *  element,
const char *  name 
)

Remove a database file.

The file or directory name under the database element directory in the current mapset is removed.

If name is a directory, everything within the directory is removed as well.

Parameters
elementelement name
namefile name
Returns
0 if name does not exist
1 if successful
-1 on error

Definition at line 45 of file remove.c.

References NULL.

Referenced by G_remove_vector_timestamp(), M_do_copy(), M_do_remove(), and M_do_rename().

int G_remove_misc ( const char *  dir,
const char *  element,
const char *  name 
)

Remove a database misc file.

The file or directory name under the database element directory in the current mapset is removed.

If name is a directory, everything within the directory is removed as well.

Parameters
elementelement name
namefile name
Returns
0 if name does not exist
1 if successful
-1 on error

Definition at line 66 of file remove.c.

References G_file_name(), G_file_name_misc(), G_legal_filename(), G_lstat(), G_mapset(), G_name_is_fully_qualified(), name, and NULL.

Referenced by G_remove_raster3d_timestamp(), and G_remove_raster_timestamp().