unlink
- unlink
Deletes a list of files. On success, it returns the number of files it successfully deleted. On failure, it returns false and sets
$!
(errno):On error,
unlink
will not tell you which files it could not remove. If you want to know which files you could not remove, try them one at a time:Note:
unlink
will not attempt to delete directories unless you are superuser and the -U flag is supplied to Perl. Even if these conditions are met, be warned that unlinking a directory can inflict damage on your filesystem. Finally, usingunlink
on directories is not supported on many operating systems. Usermdir
instead.If LIST is omitted,
unlink
uses$_
.