$ touch file1
$ strace -s 2000 -o unlink.log unlink file1

$ touch file1
$ strace -s 2000 -o rm.log rm file1

....
mmap(NULL, 106070960, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f6d025cc000
close(3)                                = 0
unlink("file1")                         = 0
close(1)                                = 0
close(2)                                = 0
exit_group(0)                           = ?
....

....
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_NEXT_DEVICE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
newfstatat(AT_FDCWD, "file1", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=0, ...}, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) = 0
geteuid()                               = 1000
newfstatat(AT_FDCWD, "file1", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=0, ...}, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) = 0
faccessat(AT_FDCWD, "file1", W_OK)      = 0
unlinkat(AT_FDCWD, "file1", 0)          = 0
lseek(0, 0, SEEK_CUR)                   = -1 ESPIPE (Illegal seek)
close(0)                                = 0
close(1)                                = 0
close(2)                                = 0
exit_group(0)                           = ?
+++ exited with 0 +++
...