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remove.3: Minor rewordings 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.\" Edited into remove.3 shape by:
.\" Graeme W. Wilford (G.Wilford@ee.surrey.ac.uk) on 13th July 1994
.\"
.TH REMOVE 3 1994-07-13 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH REMOVE 3 2008-12-03 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
remove \- delete a name and possibly the file it refers to
remove \- remove a file or directory
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <stdio.h>
.sp
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for directories.
If the removed name was the
last link to a file and no processes have the file open the file is
last link to a file and no processes have the file open, the file is
deleted and the space it was using is made available for reuse.
If the name was the last link to a file but any processes still have
the file open the file will remain in existence until the last file
If the name was the last link to a file,
but any processes still have the file open,
the file will remain in existence until the last file
descriptor referring to it is closed.
If the name referred to a symbolic link the link is removed.
If the name referred to a symbolic link, the link is removed.
If the name referred to a socket, fifo or device the name for it is
removed but processes which have the object open may continue to use
it.
If the name referred to a socket, FIFO, or device, the name is removed,
but processes which have the object open may continue to use it.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
On success, zero is returned.
On error, \-1 is returned, and