note 59534 added to function.unlink

How do you do the unlinking in C? i tried it as follows : sprintf(file1, "%s\\%s.xml", drivename, filename); if((unlink(file1)) != TRUE) { perror("Unlinking failed"); } and it fails giving the following error! Unlinking failed: File exists ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.unlink.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+59534 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59534&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59534&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59534&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59534&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59534&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59534&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59534&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+59534&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php