remove() only works on files

[Schwarz, Konrad]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: newlib-owner@sourceware.org 
> [mailto:newlib-owner@sourceware.org] On Behalf Of David A. Ramos
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 9:10 AM
> To: newlib@sourceware.org
> Subject: Bug: remove() only works on files

> My understanding of ISO C's remove() function is that it 
> should work for both files and directories. That is, it 
> should call unlink() or rmdir(), respectively. However, the 
> code in newlib/libc/stdio/remove.c just forwards the call to 
> unlink(), which fails for directories.

Standard C's library does not know about heirarchical file systems
-- there is no way of creating, deleting, or listing directories.

remove() is specified only for files.

Konrad