What is the difference between unlink and rm -f?

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From:	Peng Yu
Subject:	What is the difference between unlink and rm -f?
Date:	Wed, 29 Jan 2020 03:45:05 -0600

Hi,

It seems to me unlink and rm -f are the same if the goal is the delete
files. When are they different? Thanks.

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Regards,
Peng

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