remove.c File Reference

GIS Library - File remove functions. More...

#include <grass/config.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <grass/gis.h>

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Functions
int	G_remove (const char *element, const char *name)
	Remove a database file. More...
int	G_remove_misc (const char *dir, const char *element, const char *name)
	Remove a database misc file. More...
int	G_recursive_remove (const char *path)
	Recursively remove all files in given directory. More...

Detailed Description

GIS Library - File remove functions.

(C) 2001-2009 by the GRASS Development Team

This program is free software under the GNU General Public License (>=v2). Read the file COPYING that comes with GRASS for details.

Author

Original author CERL

Definition in file remove.c.

Function Documentation

G_recursive_remove()

int G_recursive_remove

(

const char *

path

)

Recursively remove all files in given directory.

Equivalent to rm -rf path.

Parameters

path	path to the directory which should be removed

Returns

0 on success

-1 on error

Definition at line 113 of file remove.c.

References G_lstat(), and GPATH_MAX.

G_remove()

int G_remove	(	const char *	element,
		const char *	name
	)

Remove a database file.

The file or directory name under the database element directory in the current mapset is removed.

If name is a directory, everything within the directory is removed as well.

Parameters

element	element name
name	file name

Returns

0 if name does not exist

1 if successful

-1 on error

Definition at line 44 of file remove.c.

Referenced by G_remove_vector_timestamp(), M_do_copy(), M_do_remove(), M_do_rename(), Rast__quant_export(), Rast_remove_colors(), and Vect_remove_colors().

G_remove_misc()

int G_remove_misc	(	const char *	dir,
		const char *	element,
		const char *	name
	)

Remove a database misc file.

The file or directory name under the database element directory in the current mapset is removed.

If name is a directory, everything within the directory is removed as well.

Parameters

element	element name
name	file name

Returns

0 if name does not exist

1 if successful

-1 on error

Definition at line 65 of file remove.c.

Referenced by G_remove_raster3d_timestamp(), G_remove_raster_timestamp(), Rast3d_remove_color(), Rast__quant_export(), Rast__remove_fp_range(), Rast_remove_band_reference(), Rast_remove_histogram(), Rast_write_fp_range(), Rast_write_range(), and Rast_write_rstats().