c program to delete a file

This c program deletes a file which is entered by the user, the file to be deleted should be present in the directory in which the executable file of this program is present. Extension of the file should also be entered, also note that deleted file doesn't go to recycle bin, remove macro is used to delete the file. If there is an error in deleting the file then an error will be displayed using perror function.

C programming code

#include<stdio.h>
 
main()
{
   int status;
   char file_name[25];
 
   printf("Enter the name of file you wish to delete\n");
   gets(file_name);
 
   status = remove(file_name);
 
   if( status == 0 )
      printf("%s file deleted successfully.\n",file_name);
   else
   {
      printf("Unable to delete the file\n");
      perror("Error");
   }
 
   return 0;
}

Delete file program executable. Output of program: