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diff --git a/src/stdio/remove.c b/src/stdio/remove.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#ifdef _POSIX_SOURCE
+#include "sys/types.h"
+#include "sys/stat.h"
+#include "unistd.h"
+#else
+ struct stat { int st_mode; };
+#define stat(f, b) (void)f
+#define S_ISDIR(m) (m = 0)
+#define rmdir(f) (-1)
+#define unlink(f) (-1)
+#endif
+
+/** delete a file **/
+
+int remove(const char *filename)
+{
+	struct stat st;
+	stat(filename, &st);
+	if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+		return rmdir(filename);
+	}
+	return unlink(filename);
+}
+
+/***
+function removes the file ARGUMENT(filename) so the future attempts to
+open that file will fail unless creating a new file.
+***/
+
+/*
+IMPLEMENTATION(Whether the file is removed if it is open)
+*/
+/*
+STDC(1)
+*/