Function remove_impl

src/operations.cpp:1094–1114

remove() implementation

//! remove() implementation
inline bool remove_impl(path const& p, error_code* ec)
{
    // Since POSIX remove() is specified to work with either files or directories, in a
    // perfect world it could just be called. But some important real-world operating
    // systems (Windows, Mac OS, for example) don't implement the POSIX spec. So
    // we have to distinguish between files and directories and call corresponding APIs
    // to remove them.

    error_code local_ec;
    fs::file_type type = fs::detail::symlink_status_impl(p, &local_ec).type();
    if (BOOST_UNLIKELY(type == fs::status_error))
    {
        if (!ec)
            BOOST_FILESYSTEM_THROW(filesystem_error("boost::filesystem::remove", p, local_ec));

        *ec = local_ec;
        return false;
    }

    return fs::detail::remove_impl(p, type, ec);
}

//! remove_all() implementation
uintmax_t remove_all_impl