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unlink(1) [plan9 man page]

UNLINK(1)							   User Commands							 UNLINK(1)

NAME
unlink - call the unlink function to remove the specified file SYNOPSIS
unlink FILE unlink OPTION DESCRIPTION
Call the unlink function to remove the specified FILE. --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit AUTHOR
Written by Michael Stone. REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report unlink translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/> COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO
unlink(2) Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/unlink> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) unlink invocation' GNU coreutils 8.28 January 2018 UNLINK(1)

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UNLINK(1)							   User Commands							 UNLINK(1)

NAME
unlink - call the unlink function to remove the specified file SYNOPSIS
unlink FILE unlink OPTION DESCRIPTION
Call the unlink function to remove the specified FILE. --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit AUTHOR
Written by Michael Stone. REPORTING BUGS
Report unlink bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/> Report unlink translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/> COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO
unlink(2) The full documentation for unlink is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and unlink programs are properly installed at your site, the command info coreutils 'unlink invocation' should give you access to the complete manual. GNU coreutils 8.5 February 2011 UNLINK(1)
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