2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/util/file_posix.cc b/src/main/cpp/util/file_posix.cc
index 466bae499d..9d7f772d2d 100644
--- a/src/main/cpp/util/file_posix.cc
+++ b/src/main/cpp/util/file_posix.cc
@@ -209,15 +209,15 @@ bool WriteFile(const void *data, size_t size, const string &filename) {
   return result;
 }
 
-bool UnlinkPath(const string &file_path) {
-  return unlink(file_path.c_str()) == 0;
-}
-
 // TODO(bazel-team): implement all functions in file_windows.cc, use them from
 // MSYS, remove file_posix.cc from the `srcs` of
 // //src/main/cpp/util:file when building for MSYS, and remove all
 // #ifndef __CYGWIN__ directives.
 #ifndef __CYGWIN__
+bool UnlinkPath(const string &file_path) {
+  return unlink(file_path.c_str()) == 0;
+}
+
 bool PathExists(const string& path) {
   return access(path.c_str(), F_OK) == 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/cpp/util/file_windows.cc b/src/main/cpp/util/file_windows.cc
index 3a5b5ac8e4..ba3e777d2b 100644
--- a/src/main/cpp/util/file_windows.cc
+++ b/src/main/cpp/util/file_windows.cc
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ static unique_ptr<WCHAR[]> GetCwdW();
 // necessary.
 static bool IsDirectoryW(const wstring& path);
 
+// Returns true the file or junction at `path` is successfully deleted.
+// Returns false otherwise, or if `path` doesn't exist or is a directory.
+// `path` must be a normalized Windows path, with UNC prefix (and absolute) if
+// necessary.
+static bool UnlinkPathW(const wstring& path);
+
 // Like `AsWindowsPath` but the result is absolute and has UNC prefix if needed.
 static bool AsWindowsPathWithUncPrefix(const string& path, wstring* wpath);