Unlink refers to the underlying UNIX command, unlink, which removes the symbolic or hard link to the file, not necessarily the file itself. The file is only removed when all links to the file are removed.
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Unlink refers to the underlying UNIX command, unlink, which removes the symbolic or hard link to the file, not necessarily the file itself. The file is only removed when all links to the file are removed.