SCO remove() and unlink()

[Tim Rice]

On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Gert Doering wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 04:49:12AM +0100, Kevin Steves wrote:
> > There was a patch merged in on 9/29 that changed remove() calls to
> > unlink():
> > 
> >  - (djm) Merged big SCO portability patch from Tim Rice
> >    <tim at multitalents.net>
> > 
> > Does SCO's libc not include remove()?  Note that sftp-server.c is
> > currently using remove.  The reason I ask is I'd like to keep the
> > portable tree as close to openbsd as possible, and if we need remove()
> > for SCO we should add a bsd-remove.c or something.
> 
> Hmmm, well, unlink() is the "more standard" function, so I'd vote for
> using unlink() everywhere (even in the OpenBSD tree).
> 
> OTOH, we don't need a bsd-remove.c - just add something like
> 
> #ifndef HAVE_REMOVE
> # define remove(a) unlink(a)
> #endif
> 
> to "defines.h" would be sufficient.  Actually, this is exactly what my SCO
> (OpenServer 3.0) does in <stdio.h> - which means that programs using
> remove() have to include <stdio.h> for it to work.

Now I remember, 
-----<stdio.h>------
#if __STDC__
#define remove(name)    (__unlink(name))
#else
#define remove(name)    (unlink(name))
#endif /* __STDC__ */
--------------------

This is what caused me the problems. I was using gcc and it
had trouble with __unlink()
Perhaps my gcc (2.7.2.1) is slightly broken.

> 
> gert
> 
> 

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