31 Input/output library [input.output]

31.12 File systems [filesystems]

31.12.13 Filesystem operation functions [fs.op.funcs]

31.12.13.31 Remove [fs.op.remove]

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bool filesystem::remove(const path& p); bool filesystem::remove(const path& p, error_code& ec) noexcept;
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Effects: If exists(symlink_status(p, ec)), the file p is removed as if by POSIX remove.
[Note 1: 
A symbolic link is itself removed, rather than the file it resolves to.
— end note]
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Postconditions: exists(symlink_status(p)) is false.
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Returns: true if a file p has been removed and false otherwise.
[Note 2: 
Absence of a file p is not an error.
— end note]
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Throws: As specified in [fs.err.report].