Perl has a core function called 'unlink', which maps directly to unlink(2). Same for stat, rmdir, link, etc. They're good for when you want something more than

Perl has a core function called 'unlink', which maps directly to unlink(2). Same for stat, rmdir, link, etc. They're good for when you want something more than what the coreutils give you, but don't want to compile some C.