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remove is a function in C programming language that removes a certain file. It is included in the C standard library header file stdio.h.

The prototype of the function is as follows:

int remove ( const char * filename );

If successful, the function returns zero. Nonzero value is returned on failure and errno variable is set to corresponding error code.

Sample usage

The following program demonstrates common usage of remove:

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
    const char *filename = "a.txt";
    remove (filename);
    return 0;
    }