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From: bzs@bucsd.UUCP (Barry Shein)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: SYS V unlink() call
Message-ID: <170@bucsd.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 15-Feb-86 21:26:16 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 15 21:26:16 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 17-Feb-86 05:12:29 EST
Organization: Boston Univ Comp. Sci.
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Re: need to be root or setuid to unlink files in SYS/V

Tis true, if you are struggling over a program that wants to unlink
a directory try:

#define RMDIR "/bin/rmdir"
	...time passes...
	sprintf(buf,"%s %s",RMDIR,directoryname);
	system(buf);

with appropriate error checks and customizing. And stop feeling
sorry for the wires :-)

	-Barry Shein, Boston University