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% (c) The GRASP/AQUA Project, Glasgow University, 1995
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\subsection[removeFile.lc]{removeFile Runtime Support}

\begin{code}

#include "rtsdefs.h"
#include "stgio.h"

#ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
#include <sys/types.h>
#endif

#ifdef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
#include <sys/stat.h>
#endif

StgInt
removeFile(path)
StgByteArray path;
{
    struct stat sb;

    /* Check for a non-directory */
    while (stat(path, &sb) != 0) {
	if (errno != EINTR) {
	    cvtErrno();
	    stdErrno();
	    return -1;
	}
    }
    if (S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) {
	ghc_errtype = ERR_INAPPROPRIATETYPE;
	ghc_errstr = "file is a directory";
	return -1;
    }
    while (unlink(path) != 0) {
	if (errno != EINTR) {
	    cvtErrno();
	    stdErrno();
	    return -1;
	}
    }
    return 0;
}

\end{code}